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April 11, 1983

Alice Walker Wins Pulitzer Prize

Alice Walker became the first African American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for "The Color Purple."

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February 9, 1944

Alice Walker Born

Alice Walker, author of "The Color Purple" and first African American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, was born in Eatonton, Georgia.

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