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1987 Pulitzer Prize Board
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front row, left to right: J. Hoge, H. Gray. M. Sovern, R. Christopher, W. Phillips, M. Greenfield; back row, left to right: R. Baker, R. Wilkins, M. Gartner, B. Osborne, C. Sitton, F. Yu, C. Saikowski, E. Roberts, D. Laventhol, C.K. McClatchy, R. Maynard (Credit: Joe Pineiro/Columbia University)

Bob Woodward

Publication
The Washington Post
Citation
For articles that consistently exposed covert government operations in the Reagan Administration.
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Categories: National Reporting

Stephen Albert

Publication
Flower of the Mountain
Citation
Premiered on May 17, 1986, at the 92nd Street Y in New York City by the Y Chamber Orchestra.
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Categories: Music

Gary Marx and John Wark

Publication
Orlando (FL) Sentinel
Citation
For their four-part series, which documented the misuse of funds by the Shrine of North America, the nation's richest charity, and spurred subsequent investigations in six states.
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Categories: Investigative Reporting

David J. Garrow

Publication
Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Publisher
William Morrow
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Categories: History
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