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James Murray Kempton (December 16, 1917 – May 5, 1997) was an American journalist and social and political commentator. He won a National Book Award in 1974 (category, "Contemporary Affairs") for The Briar Patch: The People of the State of New York versus Lumumba Shakur, et al. Reprinted, 1997, with new subtitle The Trial of the ...
May 6, 1997 · Murray Kempton, whose independence and unpredictability as a newspaper columnist in New York made him a model of conscience for five decades of journalists and readers, died yesterday at the ...
Murray Kempton was a U.S. journalist. Educated at Johns Hopkins University, he was a reporter and then columnist with the New York Post from the 1940s. His political and social commentaries, noted for their uniquely rich and elegant style, moral insight, and sense of fair play, touched on many.
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Feb 21, 1993 · David Remnick’s 1993 Profile of the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Post columnist Murray Kempton.
Jun 12, 1997 · A tribute to Murray Kempton, a legendary newspaper columnist who wrote with moral insight and literary style. Learn about his life, his work, and his views on politics, history, and human nature.
May 6, 1997 · A tribute to the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist who chronicled the human condition in the last half century. He wrote for Newsday, The New York Review of Books and other publications, and was known for his intricate style and honorable journalism.
Jan 4, 1998 · Murray Kempton, an awesomely insightful man working in a city known for its cynicism, was, somehow, a moralist.
