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That liberty is a great thing we may know from our own feelings, and we may likewise judge so from the conduct of the white-people, in the late war.
Gwendolyn Brooks
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Born: June 7, 1917
Died: December 3, 2000 (aged 83)
Bio: Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks was an American poet and teacher. She was the first black person to win a Pulitzer prize when she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1950 for her second collection, Annie Allen.
Known for:
- Annie Allen (1949)
- Maud Martha (1953)
- In the Mecca; Poems (1968)
- Bronzeville Boys and Girls (1956)
- The Bean Eaters (1960)
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