Editing Chuck Stone (section)

===Civil rights===
Chuck Stone became associated with the [[Civil Rights Movement]] and the [[Black Power movement]] while working as an editor at [[Harlem]]'s ''New York Age'', the [[Washington, D.C.]] ''Afro-American'', and the [[Chicago]] ''Daily Defender.''  He also served three years as a special assistant and speechwriter for Rep. [[Adam Clayton Powell Jr.]] of the 22nd congressional district of New York, chair of the [[United States House of Representatives|House]] Education and Labor Committee. In 1966 Stone was a member of a [[steering committee]] organized by Powell to discuss the meaning of the Black Power Movement.<ref name=power>[[Maulana Karenga|Karenga, Maulana]]. [https://lasentinel.net/remembering-audacious-black-power-revisiting-the-model-and-meaning.html "Remembering Audacious Black Power: Revisiting the Model and Meaning."] ''[[Los Angeles Sentinel]], July 13, 2016. Retrieved May 23, 2017.</ref>

In addition, he often served as a mediator between criminals and the police for over 20 years. His most notable role was during the negotiation of the 5-day [[State Correctional Institution – Graterford|Graterford Prison]] hostage crisis of 1981, in which Stone entered negotiations on day 4 of a stalemate between escaped prisoners and 29 hostages. Stone served as a go-between and successfully negotiated the end of the stand-off, for which he "gained wide credibility."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Robbins |first=William |date=1981-11-03 |title=Six Hostages Freed Unhurt After 5 Days of Prisoners' Siege |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/11/03/us/six-hostages-freed-unhurt-after-5-days-of-prisoners-siege.html |access-date=2024-03-25 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>

His book, "Black Political Power in America,"<ref>{{Cite book |last=Stone |first=Chuck |title=Black Political Power in America |date=1968 |publisher=Bobbs-Merrill |asin=B0006BW47U}}</ref> analyzes ethnic political power as seen in the United States and encourages Black citizens to vote in a block in order to consolidate their voice in America, much as the Italians and Irish did in the past. This work, along with "Tell It Like It Is"<ref>{{Cite book |last=Stone |first=Charles (Chuck) |title=Tell It Like It Is |date=1970-02-01 |publisher=Pocket Books |isbn=978-0671770891}}</ref> and his other articles, draw attention to the racial inequalities in America and advocate for change.
On May 5, 2025 he was posthumously awarded a special citation by the Pulitzer Prizes.