1928 Pulitzer Prize

Awards for journalism and related fields The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1928. thumb|The Indianapolis Times received the prize for Public Service. Journalism awards Public Service: The Indianapolis Times, "for its work in exposing political corruption to Indiana, prosecuting the guilty and bringing about a more wholesome state of affairs in civil government". The prize recognized the Times'''s investigation of Ku Klux Klan connections among city and state officials, including Governor Ed Jackson.History of crusade waged by The Times against corruption in state government The Indianapolis Times May 8, 1928 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-times-history-of-crusad/136779139/ Newspapers.com (Part 2 of article) Reporting: No award given Editorial Writing: Grover Cleveland Hall of The Montgomery Advertiser, for his editorials against gangsterism, floggings and racial and religious intolerance.Fight to rid Alabama of floggings by hooded bands brings high award The Montgomery Advertiser May 8, 1928 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56090391/fight-to-rid-alabama-of-floggings-by/ Newspapers.com "The Advertiser waged war against the resurgent Ku Klux Klan", the paper says today."History of the Montgomery Advertiser" https://web.archive.org/web/20120825232802/http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/99999999/CUSTOMERSERVICE01/91026023/History-Montgomery-Advertiser 2012-08-25 . Montgomery Advertiser: a Gannett Company. Retrieved 2013-11-07. thumb|"May His Shadow Never Grow Less", the winning editorial cartoon, which pays tribute to Charles Lindbergh's goodwill tour of Latin America Editorial Cartooning: Nelson Harding of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, "May His Shadow Never Grow Less."Nelson Harding wins Pulitzer cartoon prize second successive time Brooklyn Daily Eagle May 8, 1928 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56090519/nelson-harding-wins-pulitzer-cartoon/ Newspapers.com (Part 2 of article) Letters and Drama Awards Novel:The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder (Boni) Drama:Strange Interlude by Eugene O'Neill (Boni) History:Main Currents in American Thought, 2 vols. by Vernon Louis Parrington (Harcourt) Biography or Autobiography:The American Orchestra and Theodore Thomas by Charles Edward Russell (Doubleday) Poetry:Tristram'' by Edwin Arlington Robinson (Macmillan) References External links Pulitzer Prizes for 1928 Category:Pulitzer Prizes by year Pulitzer Prize Pulitzer Prize