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Columbus (GA) Enquirer Sun , by Columbus (GA) Enquirer Sun

For the service which it rendered in its brave and energetic fight against the Ku Klux Klan; against the enactment of a law barring the teaching of evolution; against dishonest and incompetent public officials and for justice to the Negro and against lynching.

The Jury

Jerome B. Landfield(Chair)

Frank E. Gannett

Herbert E. Hawkes

Winners in Public Service

New York World

For its work in connection with the exposure of the Florida peonage evil.

Memphis Commercial Appeal

For its courageous attitude in the publication of cartoons and the handling of news in reference to the operations of the Ku Klux Klan.

New York World

For articles exposing the operations of the Ku Klux Klan, published during September and October, 1921.

1926 Prize Winners