Diane McWhorter

Birmingham native Diane McWhorter is an author and journalist best known for her 2001 book Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama: The Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution, which won a Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 2002.

Portrait of Diane McWhorter, Alabama author
Photo courtesy of Tony Rinaldo, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
Portrait of Diane McWhorter, Alabama author