1926 - 1996
Moneta Sleet, Jr. American Journalist
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| First Name |
Moneta
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| Last Name |
Sleet
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| Birthday |
14th February, 1926
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| Birthplace |
Owensboro, Kentucky, U.S.
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| Died |
30th September, 1996
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| Place of Death |
Baldwin, New York, U.S.
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| Zodiac Sign |
Aquarius
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation Text |
Press photographer
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| Occupation |
Journalist
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| Year(s) Active |
1955–1996
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Moneta J. Sleet Jr. (February 14, 1926 – September 30, 1996) was an American press photographer best known for his work as a staff photographer for Ebony magazine. In 1969 he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for his photograph of Coretta Scott King, Martin Luther King Jr.'s widow, at her husband's funeral. Sleet was the first African-American man to win the Pulitzer, and the first African American to win the award for journalism. He died of cancer in 1996 at the age of 70.
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