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'''Gwendolyn Brooks''', (1917-2000),<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/05/books/gwendolyn-brooks-83-passionate-poet-dies.html</ref> was an American author.  Her works include ''Annie Allen'' (1949), ''In the Mecca'' (1968), and ''Family Pictures'' (1970).  She won a Pulitzer Prize for ''Annie Allen''.<ref>''The New York Public Library Student's Desk Reference''.  Prentice Hall, New York, 1993.</ref>

'''Gwendolyn Brooks''', (1917-2000),<ref>Watkins, Mel.  "Gwendolyn Brooks, 83, Passionate Poet, Dies."

''The New York Times''.  Obituary.  http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/05/books/gwendolyn-brooks-83-passionate-poet-dies.html</ref> was a black American poet.  Her works include ''Annie Allen'' (1949), ''In the Mecca'' (1968), and ''Family Pictures'' (1970).  She won a Pulitzer Prize for ''Annie Allen''.<ref>''The New York Public Library Student's Desk Reference''.  Prentice Hall, New York, 1993.</ref>

==Life and Works==

==Life and Works==

Brooks was born June 7, 1917, in Topeka, Kansas, but raised in Chicago.<ref>https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/gwendolyn-brooks</ref>  Her mother was a schoolteacher, and her paternal grandfather allegedly fought in the Union Army during the [[Civil War]].  She graduated from Wilson Junior College and worked for the [[NAACP|National Association for the Advancement of Colored People]].<ref>https://www.poemhunter.com/gwendolyn-brooks/</ref>  As a teenager, she began writing and publishing, and became famous nationally for her ''A Street in Bronzeville'' (1945).<ref>http://www.biography.com/people/gwendolyn-brooks-9227599</ref>  In 1950, she became the first African-American to win the Pulitzer Prize.<ref>http://www.poetryoutloud.org/poems-and-performance/poets/detail/gwendolyn-brooks</ref>

Brooks was born June 7, 1917, in Topeka, Kansas, but raised in Chicago.<ref>"Gwendolyn Brooks."

''Poets''.  https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/gwendolyn-brooks</ref>  Her mother was a schoolteacher, and her paternal grandfather allegedly fought in the Union Army during the [[Civil War]].  She graduated from Wilson Junior College and worked for the [[NAACP|National Association for the Advancement of Colored People]].<ref>"Gwendolyn Brooks - Poet Page."  ''Poem Hunter''.

https://www.poemhunter.com/gwendolyn-brooks/</ref>  As a teenager, she began writing and publishing, and became famous nationally for her ''A Street in Bronzeville'' (1945).<ref>"Brooks, Gwendolyn."  ''Biography.com''.  http://www.biography.com/people/gwendolyn-brooks-9227599</ref>  In 1950, she became the first African-American to win the Pulitzer Prize.<ref>"Gwendolyn Brooks."

''Poetry Out Loud''.  http://www.poetryoutloud.org/poems-and-performance/poets/detail/gwendolyn-brooks</ref>

While her earlier works, such as ''Maud Martha'', were in more erudite language and complex descriptions of African American daily life, in the late sixties she began to use simpler language and vernacular.<ref>http://www.notablebiographies.com/Br-Ca/Brooks-Gwendolyn.html</ref>  She won a great many awards, including:<ref>https://www.poemhunter.com/gwendolyn-brooks/biography/</ref>

While her earlier works, such as ''Maud Martha'', were in more erudite language and complex descriptions of African American daily life, in the late sixties she began to use simpler language and vernacular.<ref>"Gwendolyn Brooks."  ''Notable Biographies''.

http://www.notablebiographies.com/Br-Ca/Brooks-Gwendolyn.html</ref>  She won a great many awards, including:<ref>"Gwendolyn Brooks - Biography."  ''Poem Hunter''.

https://www.poemhunter.com/gwendolyn-brooks/biography/</ref>

*Poet Laureate of Illinois (1968)

*Poet Laureate of Illinois (1968)

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