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Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000) became the first African-American to receive a Pulitzer Prize when she won the Poetry category in 1950 with her collection, Annie Allen(Harper).

Brooks was an acclaimed poet and author who published her first poem at age 13. She went on to become Poet Laureate of Illinois (1968) and Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (1985), both high honors.

Over the course of her life, Brooks wrote 24 published books of poetry, including the celebrated work We Real Cool (1966), and five nonfiction titles.

The Pool Players.

Seven at the Golden Shovel.

We real cool. We

Left school. We

Lurk late. We

Strike straight. We

Sing sin. We

Thin gin. We

Jazz June. We

Die soon.

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