Les Payne author biography, plus links to books by Les Payne.

Les Payne

Les Payne (1941–2018), born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, was a Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative journalist and a former editor at Newsday. A founder of the National Association of Black Journalists, Payne also wrote an award-winning syndicated column.

Tamara Payne served as Les Payne's principal researcher. She lives in New York.

This biography was last updated on 10/20/2020.

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