Aretha Franklin To Be Awarded Posthumous Pulitzer Prize
Bella Breakdown Aretha Franklin may have passed away this past August, but the R&B legend is still making history. The late Detroit-native has been honored with a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for her “indelible contribution to American music and culture for more than five decades.” With her win, Franklin has become the first individual woman to win the special Pulitzer citation first awarded in 1930. “Aretha is blessed and highly favored even in death. She’s continued to receive multiple awards – she’s received almost every award imaginable and now to get the Pulitzer Prize, it’s just amazing,” Franklin’s niece, Sabrina...
