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Colbert I. King

Colbert Isaiah King is an American columnist for The Washington Post and the deputy editor of the Post's editorial page. In 2003, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. On 20 June 2025, King announced that he would be retiring from The Washington Post in September 2025.

Early life
King was born to Amelia Colbert King and Isaiah King III and grew up in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington, D.C. He attended Thaddeus Stevens Elementary School, Francis Junior High School, and Paul Laurence Dunbar High School. At Dunbar, he was a member of JROTC as well as the school's championship drill team. After graduating from high school in 1957, he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in government from Howard University in 1961. == Career ==
Career
From 1961 to 1963, King served as an officer in the United States Army Adjutant General's Corps, then worked as special officer for the United States Department of State through 1970, eventually leaving over objections to the Counter Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO). He was a regular television panelist on the weekly political discussion show Inside Washington until the show ceased production in December 2013. Awards In 2003, King won the Pulitzer Prize in Commentary "for his against-the-grain columns that speak to people in power with ferocity and wisdom". == Personal life ==
Personal life
King lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife, Gwendolyn Stewart King, who served as Commissioner of the U.S. Social Security Administration under President George H.W. Bush. They met in the late 1950s at Howard University and married on July 3, 1961, ==References==
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