Aretha Franklin, who died August 16, 2018, won the Pulitzer Prize.
Kendrick Lamar became the first rapper to win Pulitzer Prize.
Jazz composer and musician John Coltrane received the Special Citation Pulitzer Prize after his death.
Toni Morrison won a Pulitzer Prize Award for her novel 'Beloved.'
The play 'Why Marry?' opened at the Astor Theatre in New York City.