Anbsp;veterannbsp;andnbsp;awardnbsp;winningnbsp;journalist,nbsp;DeRamusnbsp;wasnbsp;thenbsp;jury'snbsp;picknbsp;andnbsp;anbsp;finalistnbsp;fornbsp;thenbsp;Pulitzernbsp;Prize innbsp;1993.nbsp;Shenbsp;hasnbsp;beennbsp;awardednbsp;anbsp;Michigannbsp;Pressnbsp;Associationnbsp;Award,nbsp;asnbsp;wellnbsp;asnbsp;anbsp;Deemsnbsp;Taylornbsp;awardnbsp;fornbsp;anbsp;profilenbsp;ofnbsp;Robertanbsp;Flacknbsp;publishednbsp;innbsp;Essence. nbsp;… DeRamusnbsp;wasnbsp;onenbsp;ofnbsp;annbsp;internationalnbsp;groupnbsp;ofnbsp;selectnbsp;journalistsnbsp;whonbsp;tourednbsp;Centralnbsp;Africannbsp;refugeenbsp;campsnbsp;undernbsp;thenbsp;auspicesnbsp;ofnbsp;thenbsp;Unitednbsp;Nationsnbsp;Highnbsp;Commissionernbsp;fornbsp;Refugees,nbsp;andnbsp;onenbsp;ofnbsp;anbsp;smallnbsp;groupnbsp;ofnbsp;journalistsnbsp;outsidenbsp;Voersternbsp;prisonnbsp;innbsp;1990nbsp;whennbsp;Nelsonnbsp;Mandelanbsp;finallynbsp;leftnbsp;hisnbsp;cell.nbsp; She has wriiten about African-American historynbsp;for Essence, Time-Life, North Star Journal, and Black World. She is a former commentator for The Detroit News, The Detroit Free Press, The Michigan Chronicle, and the British Broadcasting Company.