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Gwendolyn Brooks, 1917-2000: The Poet was the First African American to Win a Pulitzer Prize for Literature
On PEOPLE IN AMERICA: Gwendolyn Brooks wrote hundreds of poems. She was known around the world for using poetry to increase understanding about black culture in America.
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