Lenoir Chambers
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Lenoir Chambers was a writer, biographer and newspaper editor. In 1960, as editor of The Virginian-Pilot
of Norfolk, Virginia
(now owned by Landmark Communications
), he won the Pulitzer Prize
for Editorial Writing for his series of editorials on desegregation
and the school integration problem in Virginia
. He was elected to the North Carolina Journalism Hall of Fame in 1991.
Mr. Chambers was also the author of two books: Stonewall Jackson (1959), a two-volume biography of the Civil War
general, and Salt Water & Printer's Ink: Norfolk and Its Newspapers (1967), a history of the newspaper industry in Norfolk. Stonewall Jackson was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for Biography in 1960.
As a young man in World War I
, he served in 52nd Infantry, Sixth Division, American Expeditionary Forces.
The Virginian-Pilot
The Virginian-Pilot is a daily newspaper based in Norfolk, Virginia, and serving the Hampton Roads metropolitan area, southeastern Virginia, the Eastern Shore of Virginia, and northeastern North Carolina. The flagship property of Landmark Media Enterprises, The Pilot is Virginia's largest daily...
of Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. With a population of 242,803 as of the 2010 Census, it is Virginia's second-largest city behind neighboring Virginia Beach....
(now owned by Landmark Communications
Landmark Communications
Landmark Media Enterprises LLC is a privately held media company headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia specializing in cable television, broadcast television, print publishing, and internet publishing...
), he won the Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
for Editorial Writing for his series of editorials on desegregation
Desegregation
Desegregation is the process of ending the separation of two groups usually referring to races. This is most commonly used in reference to the United States. Desegregation was long a focus of the American Civil Rights Movement, both before and after the United States Supreme Court's decision in...
and the school integration problem in Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
. He was elected to the North Carolina Journalism Hall of Fame in 1991.
Mr. Chambers was also the author of two books: Stonewall Jackson (1959), a two-volume biography of the Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
general, and Salt Water & Printer's Ink: Norfolk and Its Newspapers (1967), a history of the newspaper industry in Norfolk. Stonewall Jackson was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for Biography in 1960.
As a young man in World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
, he served in 52nd Infantry, Sixth Division, American Expeditionary Forces.