Moneta Sleet Jr., Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetMoneta Sleet Jr.
American journalist
Date of Birth: 14-Feb-1926
Date of Death: 30-Sep-1996
Profession: photographer, photojournalist, journalist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Moneta Sleet Jr.
- Moneta J.
- Sleet Jr.
- (February 14, 1926 – September 30, 1996) was an American press photographer best known for his work as a staff photographer for Ebony magazine.
- In 1969 he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for his photograph of Coretta Scott King, Martin Luther King Jr.'s widow, at her husband's funeral.
- Sleet was the first African-American man to win the Pulitzer, and the first African American to win the award for journalism.
- He died of cancer in 1996 at the age of 70.
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