The Detroit Free Press staff, for its coverage of the Detroit riots of 1967, recognizing both the brilliance of its detailed spot news staff work and its swift and accurate investigation into the underlying causes of the tragedy.[1]
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^"Register's Nick Kotz wins Pulitzer Prize in reporting". The Des Moines Register. May 7, 1968 – via Newspapers.com. (Part 2 of article)
^Howard James (1968). Crisis in the Courts. David McKay Company.
^"Alfred Friendly of The Washington Post". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
^"John S. Knight of Knight Newspapers". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
^"Observer's Payne wins Pulitzer Prize". The Charlotte Observer. May 7, 1968 – via Newspapers.com. (Part 2 of article)
^David Gillespie (May 8, 1968). "Eugene Payne—How he does it". The Charlotte Observer – via Newspapers.com.
^Matt Soergel (July 16, 2017). "50 years later, 'Kiss of Life' photo still stops people in their tracks". The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved 2020-08-22.