The Fussy Librarian - We ring in May with a moment to remember a historic event: On this day in 1950, Gwendolyn Brooks won the Pulitzer Prize for her poetry collection "Annie
Black Women Radicals on Twitter: "On this day in 1950, Gwendolyn Brooks was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for her second volume, Annie Allen. She was the first Black American &
University of Chicago Special Collections Research Center - For Black History Month, we are honoring African American authors. Gwendolyn Brooks was the first African-American author to win the Pulitzer Prize . Annie
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Annie Allen, by Gwendolyn Brooks, chronicles the life of the title character in a series of poems. It was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1950, making Brooks the first Black
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Gwendolyn Brooks is known as the author of Annie Allen and other works of poetry. Her publications inspired following generations of African Americans to express themselves through poetry. : r/drawing
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Reconstruction on Twitter: "While America still struggled to give Black artists their just due, Gwendolyn Brooks made people put respect on her name. Brooks was the first Black person to win a
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