Black History Makers: Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks was born on June 7, 1917, in Topeka, Kansas. Her father was a janitor who had hoped to become a doctor; her mother was a schoolteacher and classically trained pianist. They were […]
Gwendolyn Brooks
Celebrating Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks is recognized as “one of the most highly regarded, highly influential” poets of the 20th-century. She was both the first Black author to win the Pulitzer Prize and the first Black woman to […]
2017 National Black Writers Conference Biennial Symposium “Our Miss Brooks: A Centennial Celebration”
2017 National Black Writers Conference Biennial Symposium “Our Miss Brooks: A Centennial Celebration” Saturday, March 25, 2017; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Registration opens at 10 a.m. (program begins at 11 a.m.) Medgar Evers College, […]
2017 National Black Writers Conference Biennial Symposium
Deadline: Friday, December 16th, 2016 For the 2017 NBWC Biennial Symposium, the Center for Black Literature invites poets, writers, independent researchers, interested faculty and students to submit proposals that examine the life of Gwendolyn Brooks […]