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November 18, 2016

Colson Whitehead Wins National Book Award for "The Underground Railroad"
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Writer Colson Whitehead has won the National Book Award for "The
Underground Railroad," a novel about a young enslaved girl who escapes
from a Georgia plantation. At the New York City award ceremony,
Whitehead said, "We're happy in here; outside is the blasted hellhole
wasteland of Trumpland. Be kind to everybody, make art and fight the
power."
Topics:African-American History

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