<page_title> List of winners of the National Book Award </page_title> <section_title> Contemporary Affairs </section_title> <table> <cell> 1974 </cell> <cell> Murray Kempton </cell> <cell> The Briar Patch: The People of the State of New York versus Lumumba Shakur, et al. </cell> </table>
Murray Kempton won a National Book Award in 1974 (category, "Contemporary Affairs") for The Briar Patch: The People of the State of New York versus Lumumba Shakur, et al.