Les Payne

Leslie Payne (July 12, 1941 – March 19, 2018) was an American journalist. He served as an editor and columnist at Newsday and was a founder of the National Association of Black Journalists. Payne received a Pulitzer Prize for his investigative research, and (with daughter Tamara Payne) the 2020 National Book Award for Nonfiction for his biography The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X.

Les Payne

Leslie Payne (July 12, 1941 – March 19, 2018) was an American journalist. He served as an editor and columnist at Newsday and was a founder of the National Association of Black Journalists. Payne received a Pulitzer Prize for his investigative research, and (with daughter Tamara Payne) the 2020 National Book Award for Nonfiction for his biography The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X.