When Gwendolyn Brooks was still in high school, her mother drove her to meet the poet Langston Hughes, an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance, who encouraged her to study …
Gwendolyn Brooks
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As Chicagoans, we at Legacy are proud when one of our own makes it big. Among our favorite Chicago natives is poet Gwendolyn Brooks.
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The life and career of the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize.