Aretha Franklin Wins Posthumous 2019 Pulitzer Prize
Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, received the Pulitzer Prize Special Citation honor on Monday, the Pulitzer board announced. Franklin was given the award “for her indelible contribution to American music and culture for more than five decades,” the Pulitzer website states. She became the first individual woman to win the prize since the honor was fir…
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