IOWA CITY — An Iowa City park has been renamed after James Alan McPherson, the first Black writer to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction and a longtime faculty member at the Writers’ Workshop.The Iowa City Council on Tuesday unanimously voted to rename Creekside Park to James Alan McPherson Park.
Iowa City Park Named After Black Pulitzer Prize Winner
Lee Hermiston, The Gazette (Cedar Rapids)
Wed, 03/17/2021 - 10:38am
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Topics: Iowa Linn County Cedar Rapids
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