''The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation'' is a

Pulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prize () is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made h ...

-winning book written in 2006 by journalists Gene Roberts and

Hank Klibanoff Hank Klibanoff (born March 26, 1949 in Florence, Alabama) is an American journalist, now a professor at Emory University. He and Gene Roberts won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for History for the book '' The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Str ...

. The book is about the

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in the United States, specifically about the role of newspapers and television. "Race Beat" refers to reporters whose

beat reporting Beat reporting, also known as specialized reporting, is a genre of journalism focused on a particular issue, sector, organization, or institution over time. Description Beat reporters build up a base of knowledge on and gain familiarity with th ...

covered issues of

race Race, RACE or "The Race" may refer to: * Race (biology), an informal taxonomic classification within a species, generally within a sub-species * Race (human categorization), classification of humans into groups based on physical traits, and/or s ...

. The book received the 2007

Pulitzer Prize for History The Pulitzer Prize for History, administered by Columbia University, is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes that are annually awarded for Letters, Drama, and Music. It has been presented since 1917 for a distinguished book about the history ...

. It was the necessary reading for the University Interscholastic League's Social Studies Competition in 2019.http://www.uiltexas.org/files/academics/Social_Studies_2018-19_Reading_List_Book_and_Supplamental_FINAL.pdf

References

2006 non-fiction books 21st-century history books Books about African-American history Pulitzer Prize for History-winning works Alfred A. Knopf books History of African-American civil rights {{US-hist-book-stub