Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1994, apo akanga ari mukuru weChicago Bureau we"The New York Times", akava mukadzi wokutanga wechiAfrica-America akakunda mubayiro wePulitzer muzvinyorwa, achikunda mubayiro wokunyora nyaya huru nokuda kwokutaura kwake kwe"The New York Times"
1993 mafashamo omunharaunda yokumadokero uye rondedzero yake yomukomana ane makore gumi okukura uyo akanga ane mutoro wehama dzake ina. Nyaya dzinoverengeka dzaWilkerson dzakabatanidzwa mubhuku rinonzi "Pulitzer Prize Feature Stories: America's Best Writing, 1979 - 2003", rakapepetwa naDavid Garlock.