Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 1994, mgbe ọ bụ onye isi ụlọ ọrụ Chicago nke "The New York Times", ọ ghọrọ nwanyị mbụ nke ihe nketa Africa-America iji merie ihe nrite Pulitzer na akwụkwọ akụkọ, na-emeri ihe nrite nke ederede maka mkpuchi ya nke
1993 Midwestern floods na profaịlụ ya nke nwata nwoke dị afọ 10 bụ onye na-ahụ maka ụmụnne ya anọ. E tinyere ọtụtụ n'ime isiokwu Wilkerson n'akwụkwọ bụ "Pulitzer Prize Feature Stories: America's Best Writing, 1979 - 2003", nke David Garlock dere.