[toyg]

As others said, the prize was well before drone strikes were a thing. It was basically honouring the effort to run and win the US presidential election as a black man, something nobody had ever managed to do.

[Luctct]

Because being a black man is what really matters in a presidential election. Got it.

[alickz]

How much it matters depends on many factors

I think you'd be intellectually dishonest saying it wasn't a historical election