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Black History and Blacks in U.S. History
Gwendolyn Brooks

Black History and Blacks in U.S. History
Black History and Blacks in U.S. History

Gwendolyn Brooks
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Reading Level
     edHelper's suggested reading level:   grades 4 to 6
     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   5.94

Vocabulary
     challenging words:    consultant, eventide, inner-city, laureate, publication, legacy, poet, existence, classic, shortly, productive, kennedy, writing, dreams, ordinary, public
     content words:    Gwendolyn Brooks, Pulitzer Prize, Jefferson Lecturer, United States, American Childhood Magazine, James Weldon Johnson, Langston Hughes, Henry Blakely, Midwestern Writers Conference Poetry Award, Young Women

Gwendolyn Brooks
By Jane Runyon 		  
1     Gwendolyn Brooks was a poet. Her poetry earned her the first Pulitzer Prize for poetry ever awarded to a black woman. She was named the 1994 Jefferson Lecturer. This is the highest award the United States gives to someone in the field of arts. How did these honors come about? How could a black child born in Kansas reach such heights?
 
2     Gwendolyn was born on June 7, 1917, in Topeka, Kansas. She didn't spend much time in Kansas. Her parents moved to Chicago, Illinois, shortly after her birth. If you had asked Gwendolyn where she was from, she would have told you that she was a "Chicagoan" through and through.
 
3     The Brooks family wasn't rich. They struggled to make ends meet. But her family was filled with love. In later life, Gwendolyn had little time for people who blamed their poverty for their hard lives. She believed you could still live a happy, productive life without being rich.

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Black History and Blacks in U.S. History
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United States
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    American Government  
 
    Black History and Blacks in U.S. History  
 
    Children in History  
 
    Government Careers  
 
    Hispanic Heritage  
 
    How Can I Help?  
 
 
    Immigration  
 
    National Parks and Monuments  
 
    Native Americans  
 
    Presidents of the United States  
 
    Women's History  
 

United States History
    A Nation Divided
(1840-1861) 		 
 
    A New Nation
(1776-1830) 		 
 
    After the Civil War
(1865-1870) 		 
 
    American Revolution  
 
    Cold War
(1947-1991) 		 
 
    Colonial America (1492-1776)  
 
    Lewis and Clark
(1804-1806) 		 
 
    Pearl Harbor  
 
    Spanish American War (1898)  
 
    The 1890's  
 
    The 1900's  
 
    The 1910's  
 
    The 1920's  
 
    The 1930's  
 
 
    The 1940's  
 
    The 1950's  
 
    The 1960's  
 
    The 1970's  
 
    The 1980's  
 
    The 1990's  
 
    The 2000's  
 
    The Civil War
(1861-1865) 		 
 
    The Great Depression
(1929-1945) 		 
 
    The United States Grows
(1865-1900) 		 
 
    The War of 1812  
 
    Wild, Wild West  
 
    World War I
(1914-1918) 		 
 
    World War II  
 

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