A former Washington Post writer who won a Pulitzer Prize for his Watergate editorials will speak at Kansas University next month.

Roger Wilkins, who is now a history professor at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., is the second speaker in the Dole Forum lectures series at the KU’s Dole Institute of Politics.

Wilkins will speak at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 16 in Woodruff Auditorium at the Kansas Union on KU’s campus. The lecture is free and open to the public, but tickets are required because of limited seating.

Tickets are available at all KU ticket offices: the Lied Center, (785) 864-2787; Murphy Hall, (785) 864-3982; and SUA in the Kansas Union, (785) 864-SHOW.

Wilkins began writing for the editorial page of the Washington Post in 1972, just as the Watergate scandal was breaking. His editorials on the issues led to a 1973 Pulitzer Prize he shared with reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein and cartoonist Herb Block.

After working at the Washington Post, Wilkins then moved on to the New York Times, where he was a columnist and the first African-American on the editorial board.

He has worked for the Institute for Policy Studies, the Washington Star, National Public Radio and CBS Radio and is a commentator on public policy and social issues.

Wilkins has also written and edited several books, including “A Man’s Life,” “Quiet Riots” and “Jefferson’s Pillow.” He also is the publisher of the NAACP’s journal, the Crisis.