# Angelo Henderson

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{{Short description|American journalist}}
'''Angelo B. Henderson''' (c. 1962 &ndash; February 15, 2014) was an American journalist, radio broadcaster and minister from [Detroit](/source/Detroit), MI. In 1999, Henderson won the [Pulitzer Prize](/source/Pulitzer_Prize)<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.pulitzer.org/winners/6879|title= The Pulitzer Prizes|last1= |first1= |date= 2016|website= www.pulitzer.org|publisher= The Pulitzer Prizes, Columbia University|access-date= 17 Aug 2016|archive-date= 20 December 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161220072135/http://www.pulitzer.org/winners/6879|url-status= live}}</ref> for Distinguished [Feature Writing](/source/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Feature_Writing). Henderson remains the only [African American](/source/African_Americans) journalist to win the Pulitzer Prize for ''[The Wall Street Journal](/source/The_Wall_Street_Journal).'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140215/OBITUARIES/302150050/Angelo-Henderson-Detroit-radio-personality-Pulitzer-Prize-winner-dies-51 |title=Angelo Henderson, Detroit radio host and Pulitzer Prize winner, dies at 51 |date=February 15, 2014 |accessdate=February 16, 2014 |author=Lauren Abdul-Razzaq and Darren A. Nichols |publisher=The Detroit News |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222034202/http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140215/OBITUARIES/302150050/Angelo-Henderson-Detroit-radio-personality-Pulitzer-Prize-winner-dies-51 |archivedate=February 22, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freep.com/article/20140215/NEWS08/302150073/Angelo-Henderson-obituary|title=Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Angelo B. Henderson, who also found calling in radio, ministry, dies at 51|date=February 15, 2014|accessdate=February 16, 2014|author=John Wisely|publisher=Detroit Free Press|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924132823/http://www.freep.com/article/20140215/NEWS08/302150073/Angelo-Henderson-obituary|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304315004579385550180553812?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304315004579385550180553812.html|title=Longtime Detroit Journalist Angelo Henderson Dies|date=February 15, 2014|accessdate=February 16, 2014|publisher=The Wall Street Journal|archive-date=March 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313120409/http://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304315004579385550180553812?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304315004579385550180553812.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2014/02/15/pulitzer-prize-winning-journalist-angelo-henderson-has-died/|title=Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist Angelo Henderson Dead Of Natural Causes|date=February 15, 2014|accessdate=February 16, 2014|publisher=CBS|archive-date=February 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140215235140/http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2014/02/15/pulitzer-prize-winning-journalist-angelo-henderson-has-died/|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
As part of Henderson's advocacy efforts to encourage Detroit citizens to embrace civic involvement, he co-founded ''The Detroit 300'', a citizen's patrol group aiding Detroit police; the ''Angelo B. Henderson Community Commitment Award'' has since been established in his name.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Nominate a Michiganian of the Year |url=http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/2016/08/01/nominate-michiganian-year-detroit-news/87921810/ |newspaper=The Detroit News |location=Detroit, MI |date=1 Aug 2016 |access-date=18 Aug 2016 |archive-date=20 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820024420/http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/2016/08/01/nominate-michiganian-year-detroit-news/87921810/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

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