New York, June 14 (RHC)-- The Pulitzer Prize Board has awarded a special citation to Darnella Frazier, the teenager who recorded the police murder of George Floyd last May on her cellphone.  Frazier was just 17 years old when she made the recording that would go viral and trigger mass, global protests for racial justice.  

The footage shot by Darnella Frazier was also used as evidence in the trial of convicted murderer and former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.  The Pulitzer Board also commended Frazier for “highlighting the crucial role of citizens in journalists’ quest for truth and justice.”

In other news, acclaimed late journalist Les Payne and daughter Tamara were awarded a Pulitzer for their book “The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X.”  Les Payne died in 2018 of a sudden heart attack while working on the biography, which his daughter later finished.