Gwendolyn Brooks - A Great Black Poet
On June 7, 1917 in Topeka, Kansas, an amazing person was born. Gwendolyn Brooks was a black female poet who has inspired and touched many people who have read her poetry. Brooks was the first black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize Brooks began writing at age eleven and was first published at age fifteen. Throughout Gwendolyn Brooks’ works, she writes about racism, the lives of blacks, and her love for all people no matter what race or class they are. In many of Brooks’ works, she identifies the cause of interracial problems within the black community. The cause is white racism and its affects on society. One example of racism in Brooks’ works is in “The Ballad of Chocolate Mabbie.” This poem is about a black female heroine who is tortured by the white kids because of the color of her dark skin and her black lover named Willie Boone. Throughout “The Ballad of Pearl May Lee”, Brooks talks about sweet revenge and betrayal for the love of a black man. Although most of these poems are dealing with unpleasant racism against blacks, she also writes well of blacks. For example, in “Boys, Black”, she encourages black kids to develop good health and a good overall appearance. Brooks, unlike some writers is not a racial writer.
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