Leonard Pitts, Jr. won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for commentary, in addition to many other awards, and is the author of the novels Freeman and Before I Forget; the collection Forward From this Moment: Selected Columns, 1994-2009, Daily Triumphs, Tragedies, and Curiosities, and Becoming Dad: Black Men and the Journey to Fatherhood. In a career spanning 35 years, Leonard Pitts, Jr. has been a columnist, a college professor, a radio producer and a lecturer.