Gwendolyn Brooks is a prominent African American poet of the twentieth century, and is known for her indelible impact in African American literature. Brooks was born in 1917 in Topeka, Kansas. ... These poems were written in the first phase of Brook's writing. ... For this collection Brooks became the first African American to receive a Pulitzer Prize. ... Until 196, as Brooks puts it, "My own Blackness did not confront me with a shrill spelling of self." ...

• Word Count: 431
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Gwendolyn Brooks, author of "We Real Cool", was born in Topeka, Kansas in 1917. ... Attending a diverse assortment of schools influenced some of Brooks writings. ... By 1934 Brooks began working for the Chicago Defender writing weekly poetry. ... With only a limited number of words in the poem Brooks makes brilliant use of language. ... Brooks conveys her messages through the speaker who is one of the pool players. ...

• Word Count: 732
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

In the two poems "Negro Hero" and "The Sundays of Satin-Leg Smith" written by Gwendolyn Brooks, we enter into the minds of two black men. ... Through these descriptions, Brooks unveils what type of people the characters really are. ... In each situation, Brooks identifies that each man has a struggle within him self. ... Fog out his identity" (Brooks 115-116). ... (Brooks 41. ...

• Word Count: 952
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Writers like Phillis Wheatley, Sojourner Truth, Fredrick Douglass, W.E.B Dubois, Gwendolyn Brook, Zoral Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, James Baldwin and many more writers have paved the way for the work's of African American literature. ...

• Word Count: 1283
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School