Given the question: What key details about leon dash can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: leon dash -lrb- born , in new bedford , massachusetts -rrb- is a professor of journalism at the university of illinois at urbana-champaign . a former reporter for the '' washington post '' , he is the author of '' rosa lee : a mother and her family in urban america '' , which grew out of the eight-part '' washington post '' series for which he won the pulitzer prize .
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- credits is pulitzer prize-winner- gender is 25px - male- education is howard university- birth date is 16 march 1944- name is leon dash- birth place is - new bedford , massachusetts , u.s.- occupation is journalist