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The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1928.

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.
• Reporting:
  • No award given
• Editorial Writing:
  • Grover Cleveland Hall of The Montgomery Advertiser, for his editorials against gangsterism, floggings and racial and religious intolerance. "The Advertiser waged war against the resurgent Ku Klux Klan", the paper says today.

• Editorial Cartooning:
  • Nelson Harding of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, "May His Shadow Never Grow Less."

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

1. "History of crusade waged by The Times against corruption in state government". The Indianapolis Times. May 8, 1928 – via Newspapers.com. (Part 2 of article)
2. "Fight to rid Alabama of floggings by hooded bands brings high award". The Montgomery Advertiser. May 8, 1928 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "History of the Montgomery Advertiser" Archived 2012-08-25 at the Wayback Machine. Montgomery Advertiser: a Gannett Company. Retrieved 2013-11-07.
4. "Nelson Harding wins Pulitzer cartoon prize second successive time". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. May 8, 1928 – via Newspapers.com. (Part 2 of article)

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