University of Texas-Austin: Pulitzer Prize Awarded to History Professor Emerita
May 08, 2024
May 08, 2024
AUSTIN, Texas, May 8 -- The University of Texas issued the following news release:
Jacqueline Jones, professor emerita in the College of Liberal Arts at The University of Texas at Austin, has been awarded the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for history for her book "No Right to an Honest Living: The Struggles of Boston's Black Workers in the Civil War Era," published by Basic Books.
The Pulitzer committee praised Jones' "breathtakingly original reconstruction of free . . .
Jacqueline Jones, professor emerita in the College of Liberal Arts at The University of Texas at Austin, has been awarded the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for history for her book "No Right to an Honest Living: The Struggles of Boston's Black Workers in the Civil War Era," published by Basic Books.
The Pulitzer committee praised Jones' "breathtakingly original reconstruction of free . . .