#OTD in 1950, Gwendolyn Brooks became the first Black author awarded the #Pulitzer Prize for #Poetry, for her book 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘦 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯.
One of the most highly regarded, influential & widely read poets of 20th-century American poetry. Poet Laureate of Illinois for >30 years.
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