Gwendolyn Brooks, author of "We Real Cool", was born in Topeka, Kansas in 1917. She has written over twenty books of poetry, an autobiography and numerous other works including one novel. Brooks attended many high schools including Hyde Park High School, Wendell Phillips, and Englewood High School. Attending a diverse assortment of schools influenced some of Brooks writings. Her first publication was a poem in American ... win the prestigious Pulitzer Award. This poem was written in 1966 at the height of the civil rights movement and was geared towards young, disenfranchised African American...

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