Legendary Journalist Les Payne Wins Posthumous Award for New Malcolm X Biography
On November 18, 2020, the 2020 National Book Award for nonfiction was awarded to Les Payne (posthumously) and his daughter…
On November 18, 2020, the 2020 National Book Award for nonfiction was awarded to Les Payne (posthumously) and his daughter…
Randall Pinkston, former CBS and Al Jazeera correspondent, Tamara Payne, Les’ daughter and Les, enjoy a laugh. Tamara Payne…
Les regaling guests at one of his annual salons. Photo: Colin Benjamin [Commentary] Tuesday morning I was having late…
Les Payne. Photo: Flickr Les Payne, a Pulitzer Prize winner whose four decades at Newsday were spent as much as…
Dick Gregory. Photo-Gregory’s Facebook page Gem from the archives: The following are excerpts from an interview with Dick Gregory by…
Les Payne. Photo. SUNY Oswego-Flickr [From The archives] Originally published in Northeast Magazine, 1986 For a young black student…
Breslin. Photo: Biography.com Jimmy Breslin, one of American journalism’s greatest writers, who spoke with a vibrant voice that won him…
Chuck Berry. Photo–www.chuckberry.com [Remembrance] I called my brother John immediately upon hearing the sad news. “I know you’re calling about…