1967 Pulitzer Prize

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Journalism Awards

• Public Service
  Pulitzer Prize for Public Service
  
  The Pulitzer Prize for Public Service has been awarded since 1918 for a distinguished example of meritorious public service by a newspaper through the use of its journalistic resources which may include editorials, cartoons, and photographs, as well as reporting....
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• The Milwaukee Journal
  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  
  The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is a daily morning broadsheet printed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. It is the primary newspaper in Milwaukee, the largest newspaper in Wisconsin and is distributed widely throughout the state....
  , for its successful campaign to stiffen the law against water pollution in Wisconsin
  Wisconsin
  
  Wisconsin is one of the fifty U.S. state in the United States of America, located in the north central part of the United States. It borders two of the five Great Lakes and four U.S....
  , a notable advance in the national effort for the conservation of natural resources.
• Public Service
  Pulitzer Prize for Public Service
  
  The Pulitzer Prize for Public Service has been awarded since 1918 for a distinguished example of meritorious public service by a newspaper through the use of its journalistic resources which may include editorials, cartoons, and photographs, as well as reporting....
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• Louisville Courier-Journal
  The Courier-Journal
  
  The Courier-Journal, nicknamed the "C-J", is the main newspaper for the city of Louisville, Kentucky, USA. According to the 1999 Editor & Publisher International Yearbook, the paper is the 48th largest daily paper in the United States and the single largest in Kentucky....
  , for its successful campaign to control the Kentucky
  Kentucky
  
  The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a U.S. state located in the East Central United States of America. Kentucky is normally included in the group of Southern United States , but it is uncommonly included, geographically and culturally, in the Midwestern United States....
   strip mining industry, a notable advance in the national effort for the conservation of natural resources.
• Local General or Spot News Reporting:
• Robert V. Cox of the Chambersburg Public Opinion (Pennsylvania), for his vivid deadline reporting of a mountain manhunt that ended with the killing of a deranged sniper who had terrorized the community.
• Local Investigative Specialized Reporting
  Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting
  
  The Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting has been awarded since 1953, under one name or another, for a distinguished example of investigative reporting by an individual or team, presented as a single article or series in print journalism....
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• Gene Miller
  Gene Miller
  
  Gene Miller was a longtime investigative reporter at The Miami Herald who won two Pulitzer Prizes for reporting that helped save innocent men on Florida's Death Row from execution....
   of The Miami Herald
  The Miami Herald
  
  The Miami Herald is a daily newspaper owned by The McClatchy Company headquartered in Downtown Miami Miami, Florida, Florida. It primarily serves Miami-Dade County, Florida, Broward County, Florida and Monroe County, Florida counties in the U.S....
  , Whose initiative and investigative reporting helped to free two persons wrongfully convicted of murder.
• National Reporting
  Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting
  
  The Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting has been awarded since 1948 for a distinguished example of reporting on national affairs. The Pulitzer Committee issues an official citation explaining the reasons for the award....
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• Stanley Penn and Monroe Karmin of The Wall Street Journal
  The Wall Street Journal
  
  The Wall Street Journal is an English language international daily newspaper published by Dow Jones & Company in New York, New York with Asian and European editions....
  , for their investigative reporting of the connection between American crime and gambling in the Bahamas. (The prize is shared between the two reporters
• International Reporting
  Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting
  
  This Pulitzer Prize has been awarded since 1942 for a distinguished example of reporting on international affairs, including United Nations correspondence....
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• R. John Hughes of the Christian Science Monitor, For his thorough reporting of the attempted Communist coup in Indonesia
  Indonesian Civil War
  
  Indonesia's transition to the "New Order " in the mid-1960s, ousted the country's first president, Sukarno after 22 years in the position. One of the most tumultuous periods in History of Indonesia, it was the commencement of Suharto's 32-year presidency....
   in 1965 and the purge that followed in 1965-66.
• Editorial Writing
  Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing
  
  The Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing has been awarded since 1917 for distinguished editorial writing, the test of excellence being clearness of style, moral purpose, sound reasoning, and power to influence public opinion in what the writer conceives to be the right direction....
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• Eugene Patterson of the Atlanta Constitution
  The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
  
  The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is the only major daily newspaper in Atlanta, Georgia, United States and metro Atlanta. The AJC, as it is called, is the flagship publication of Cox Enterprises....
  , for his editorials during the year
• Editorial Cartooning
  Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning
  
  The Pulitzer Prize for Editorial cartooning has been awarded since 1922 for a distinguished cartoon or portfolio of cartoons published during the year, characterized by originality, editorial effectiveness, quality of drawing, and pictorial effect....
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• Patrick Oliphant of The Denver Post
  The Denver Post
  
  The Denver Post is a daily newspaper and online website published in Denver, United States. It ranks in the top 50 largest-circulation newspapers in the United States, with an average weekday circulation of 255,452....
  , for They Won't Get Us To The Conference Table . . . Will They? published February 1, 1966
• Photography
  Pulitzer Prize for Photography
  
  The Pulitzer Prize for Photography was one of the Pulitzer Prizes. It was awarded from 1942 until 1967. In 1968, it was split into two separate prizes: the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography and the Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography ....
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• Jack R. Thornell of Associated Press
  Associated Press
  
  The Associated Press is an Media of the United States news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, Radio station and Television station stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staffers....
   New Orleans bureau, for his picture of the shooting of James Meredith
  James Meredith
  
  James H. Meredith is an American civil rights movement figure. He was the first African-American student at the University of Mississippi, an event that was a flash point in the American civil rights movement....
   in Mississippi by a roadside rifleman.

Letters, Drama and Music awards

• Fiction
  Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
  
  The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction has been awarded since 1948 for distinguished fiction by an American author, preferably dealing with American life....
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• The Fixer
  The Fixer (Malamud novel)
  
  The Fixer is a 1966 novel by Bernard Malamud which is inspired by the true story of Menahem Mendel Beilis, an unjustly imprisoned Jew in Tsarist Russia....
   by Bernard Malamud
  Bernard Malamud
  
  Bernard Malamud was an author of novels and short stories. Along with Saul Bellow and Philip Roth, he was one of the great United States Jewish authors of the 20th century....
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• Drama
  Pulitzer Prize for Drama
  
  The Pulitzer Prize for Drama was first awarded in 1918.From 1918 to 2006, the Drama Prize was unlike the majority of the other Pulitzer Prizes: during these years, the eligibility period for the drama prize ran from March 2 to March 1, to reflect the Broadway 'season' rather than being the calendar year....
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• A Delicate Balance
  A Delicate Balance
  
  A Delicate Balance is a play by Edward Albee first produced on Broadway theatre at the Martin Beck Theatre on 12 September 1966. The production ran four months....
   by Edward Albee
  Edward Albee
  
  Edward Franklin Albee III is an American playwright best known for works, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Zoo Story, The Sandbox and The American Dream ....
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• History
  Pulitzer Prize for History
  
  The Pulitzer Prize for History has been awarded since 1917 for a distinguished book upon the history of the United States. Many history books have also been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction and Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography...
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• Exploration and Empire: The Explorer and the Scientist in the Winning of the American West by William H. Goetzmann.
• Biography or Autobiography
  Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography
  
  The Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography has been presented since 1917 for a distinguished biography or autobiography by an American author....
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• Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain by Justin Kaplan
  Justin Kaplan
  
  Justin Kaplan is an American writer and editor.Kaplan received his bachelor of science degree from Harvard University in 1944. After pursuing a post-graduate degree for two years, he left graduate school to work for a publishing house, where he eventually became a senior editor....
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• Poetry
  Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
  
  The Pulitzer Prize in Poetry has been presented since 1922 for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author. However, Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards were presented in 1918 in poetry and 1919 in poetry....
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• Live or Die by Anne Sexton
  Anne Sexton
  
  Anne Sexton was an United States poet and author....
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• General Non-Fiction
  Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction
  
  The Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction has been awarded since 1962 for a distinguished book of non-fiction by an American author that is not eligible for consideration in any other category....
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• The Problem of Slavery in Western Culture
  The Problem of Slavery in Western Culture
  
  The Problem of Slavery in Western Culture written by David Brion Davis and published by Cornell University Press in 1966 won the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1967....
   by David Brion Davis
  David Brion Davis
  
  David Brion Davis is Sterling Professor of History Emeritus at Yale University. He is noted for his study of slavery and abolitionism.Davis served in the U.S Army 1st Armored Division in post World War II Germany from late 1945 to early 1946 as a member of the the United States Constabulary tasked with enforcing law and order on locals a...
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• Music
  Pulitzer Prize for Music
  
  The Pulitzer Prize for Music was first awarded in 1943. Joseph Pulitzer did not call for such a prize in his will, but had arranged for a music scholarship to be awarded each year....
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• Quartet No. 3 by Leon Kirchner
  Leon Kirchner
  
  Leon Kirchner is an United States composer of contemporary classical music. He is a member of The American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences....
  , first performed by the Beaux Arts Quartet in The Town Hall
  The Town Hall
  
  The Town Hall is a performance space located at 123 West 43rd Street, between Sixth Avenue and Broadway , in New York City, New York. It seats 1,500 people....
  , January 27, 1967

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