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African-American History
Gwendolyn Brooks
Born on June 17, 1917 in Topeka, KS, Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks has
earned more than 50 honorary degrees. A member of the American Academy
of Arts and Letters, Brooks was also poet laureate for the State of Illinois.
Brook's writings reflect changes in her life and society, as seen in
her autobiography entitled Autobiography: Report from Part One, which was
published in 1972. Gwendolyn Brooks was one of ten women to receive the
Mademoiselle Merit Award for Distinguished Achievement in 1945.
Additionally, in 1950, she became the first African American to receive
a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry when she won the award for Annie Allen. In
1969 she was nominated for a National Book Award.
In April 1989, she participated in National Library Week in Hammond
and Gary, Indiana. During that same year, she also received a Lifetime
Achievement Award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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