Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks (June 7, 1917 – December 3, 2000) was an American poet, author, and teacher. Her work often dealt with the personal celebrations...

university-preparatory school, Brooks is named for African–American poet, author and Chicago native Gwendolyn Brooks. Brooks College Preparatory Academy...

Gwendolyn Bradley, American soprano Gwendolyn T. Britt (1941–2008), American Democratic politician Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000), American poet Gwendoline...

Permissions, a permissions firm that manages the use of literary works by Gwendolyn Brooks and other authors. She has made public appearances and appeared in...

poem "Golden Shovel" (from his 2010 collection Lighthead) is based on Gwendolyn Brooks' "We Real Cool" (which begins with an epigraph that includes the phrase...

Blythe titled "Mecca Flats Blues" and a poem, "In the Mecca", by poet Gwendolyn Brooks. The Mecca Flats was originally seen as a building for the rich since...

In 1990, Gwendolyn Brooks, the well-known poet, was hired as a Distinguished Professor; she taught classes at CSU up until her death. Brooks protégé and...

well as supporting the work of other Black women writers, among them Gwendolyn Brooks, Mari Evans, Carolyn Rodgers, and Margaret Walker. From 1970, she began...

that year. The response, including an introduction to the book by Gwendolyn Brooks, established Kgositsile as a leading African-American poet. The Last...

the university recalled West's role in establishing the university's Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Black Literature and Creative Writing "as an academic focus...

Gwendolyn Brooks, as well as Amiri Baraka, Sonia Sanchez, Sterling Plumpp and Pearl Cleage. Heavily influenced by his creative predecessor Gwendolyn Brooks...

1983, making Walker the first black woman to win for fiction; in 1950 Gwendolyn Brooks had won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. Walker also won the National...

Solitude" August 22, 2024 (2024-8-22) TBD "First fight. Then fiddle." — Gwendolyn Brooks 122 11 "Collapse" August 29, 2024 (2024-8-29) TBD "Worry does not empty...

"We Real Cool" is a poem written in 1959 by poet Gwendolyn Brooks and published in her 1960 book The Bean Eaters, her third collection of poetry. The poem...

"Frost? Williams? No, Gwendolyn Brooks". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved January 24, 2020. Watkins, Mel (December 4, 2000). "Gwendolyn Brooks, Whose Poetry Told...

Bois, Lloyd Brown, Charles White, Elizabeth Catlett, Paul Robeson, Gwendolyn Brooks, and others were one-time members or supporters of the party, and the...

Annie Allen is a book of poetry by American author Gwendolyn Brooks that was published by Harper & Brothers in 1949. The book tells in poetry about the...

popular series of poetry workshops for women at the Library of Congress. Gwendolyn Brooks met with elementary school students to encourage them to write poetry...

siblings: two full siblings, Mildred Campbell (Keller) Tyson and Phillip Brooks Keller; and two older half-brothers from her father's first marriage, James...

NBA player Evan Turner were teammates on the same basketball team at Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School in Oak Park, Illinois. He went on to attend Oak Park...

the following year. In 1974, Jones played Lennie on Broadway in the 1974 Brooks Atkinson Theatre production of the adaptation of John Steinbeck's novella...

(born 1942) Arna Bontemps (1902–1973) Edward W. Brooke (1919–2015) Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000) Blanche K. Bruce (1841–1898) Ralph Bunche (1903–1971) George...

bell hooks. It collects ten essays on black men. The title alludes to Gwendolyn Brooks' 1959 poem "We Real Cool". The essays are intended to provide cultural...

Pullman, Ryder, and Smith. Three high schools, Fenger High School, Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy and Harlan Community Academy High School...

considered one of McKay's most famous poems and was described by the poet Gwendolyn Brooks as one of the most famous poems of all time. During the Red Summer...

Bessie Smith 1986 Barbara McClintock Lucy Stone Harriet Beecher Stowe 1988 Gwendolyn Brooks Willa Cather Sally Ride Mary Risteau Ida B. Wells-Barnett...

Bessie Smith 1986 Barbara McClintock Lucy Stone Harriet Beecher Stowe 1988 Gwendolyn Brooks Willa Cather Sally Ride Mary Risteau Ida B. Wells-Barnett...

Bessie Smith 1986 Barbara McClintock Lucy Stone Harriet Beecher Stowe 1988 Gwendolyn Brooks Willa Cather Sally Ride Mary Risteau Ida B. Wells-Barnett...

During the Civil Rights Movement, authors such as Richard Wright and Gwendolyn Brooks wrote about issues of racial segregation and black nationalism. Today...

Wayne Thiebaud Richard Wilbur Young Audiences 1995 Licia Albanese Gwendolyn Brooks B. Gerald and Iris Cantor Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee David Diamond James...