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Events for November 20, 2024
“A Deep And Human Look:” Gwendolyn Brooks’ Annie Allen at 75 – Presentation By Quraysh Ali Lansana and Reading
Miss Gwendolyn Brooks offered a voice for Black women in literature in the early 1950's at a time when Black women characters were relegated to maids and nannies. Annie Allen, her second book of poetry, is the groundbreaking work which made her the first Black person to win the Pulitzer Prize in any category. These poems introduce…
