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Douglas A. Blackmon

American journalist
Person human Q5301175

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
September 6, 1964
Place of birth
Arkansas, Stuttgart[5]
Country of citizenship
United States[6]
Occupation
journalist, writer
Field of work
literature, journalism[7][8]
Educated at
Hendrix College[9]
Award received
Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, American Book Awards[11][12]
Notable work
Slavery by Another Name[10]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[16]
Family name
Blackmon[14]
Given name
Douglas[15]
Has written for
The Wall Street Journal[17]
Social media followers
22k (15k–22k, n=4)[18][19][20][21]
🏷️ Also known as
en Douglas A. Blackmon ar دوغلاس أ. بلاكمون
🔖 Identifiers · 22
ISNI
0000000040628274
VIAF cluster ID
28985036
Library of Congress authority ID
n2007058829
GND ID
1174827963
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Douglas Blackmon.jpg ↗
BIBSYS ID
1542227324547
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11498964
Europeana entity
agent/base/114690
Freebase ID
/m/05sx23g
Goodreads author ID
1042665
IdRef ID
133476774
Muck Rack journalist ID
douglasblackmon
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NL CR AUT ID
mub20181007510
NUKAT ID
n2014093310
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007355773805171
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
310393140
Notable Names Database ID
914/000364819
Open Library ID
OL3379603A
Penguin Random House author ID
35687
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJwhBXkVwK8hvKT9bxVgrq
X (Twitter) username
douglasblackmon
Yale LUX ID
person/7b36d357-f0d9-4210-964c-b98d27c44c65

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🔗 Connections
Award received 2
Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, American Book Awards
Field of work 2
literature, journalism
Occupation 2
writer, journalist
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Given name 1
Douglas
Has written for 1
The Wall Street Journal
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Notable work 1
Slavery by Another Name
Place of birth 1
Arkansas
Sex or gender 1
male
Works by author 1
Slavery by Another Name
← Winner 1
American Book Awards
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Summary

Douglas A. Blackmon was born on September 6, 1964[1], in Arkansas[2]. He has worked as a journalist[3] and writer[4].

Why It Matters

Works attributed to Douglas A. Blackmon include Slavery by Another Name[22], a written work[23].

FAQs

Where was Douglas A. Blackmon born?

Douglas A. Blackmon was born in Arkansas[2].

What did Douglas A. Blackmon do for work?

Douglas A. Blackmon worked as a journalist[3] and writer[4].

Where did Douglas A. Blackmon go to school?

Douglas A. Blackmon was educated at Hendrix College[9].

What awards did Douglas A. Blackmon receive?

Honors received include Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction[11] and American Book Awards[12].

Related Entities

Arkansas The Wall Street Journal United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . Muck Rack. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . pulitzer.org. pulitzer.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 4w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Field of work → literature, journalism
    Place of birth → Arkansas, Stuttgart
    Notable work → Slavery by Another Name
    Educated at → Hendrix College
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