Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks was an American poet, author, and teacher. Her work often dealt with the personal celebrations and struggles of ordinary people in her community. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry on May 1, 1950, for Annie Allen,... Wikipedia
Born: June 7, 1917, Topeka, KS
Died: December 3, 2000 (age 83 years), South Side, Chicago, IL
Education: Kennedy-King College (1936), Englewood Technical Prep Academy, Wendell Phillips Academy High School, and more
Children: Nora Brooks Blakely and Henry Lowington Blakely III
Parents: David Anderson Brooks and Keziah Wims
Spouse: Henry Blakely (m. 1973–1996) and Henry Blakely (m. 1939–1969)
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