Gwendolyn Brooks—a proud South Sider and former Illinois Poet...

Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton @ltgovstratton.illinois.gov Oct 17

Gwendolyn Brooks—a proud South Sider and former Illinois Poet Laureate—was the first Black person to win a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Her poetry shaped the world.

On Black Poetry Day, we celebrate the rhymes and verses that help tell our story.

Young Gwendolyn Brooks poses with her first book of poems, A Street in Bronzeville.

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