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On June 7th, 1917 Gwendolyn Brooks was born in Topeka, Kansas to her wonderful parents: David and Keziah.
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Gwendolyn Brooks and her parents moved into a poor African-American community in January of 1918.
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The Great Depression struck American lives on October 29th, 1929. It affected the lives of the Brooks and many other people in their community.
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Gwendolyn Brooks wrote 75 poems by the time she turned 16.
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Gwendolyn Brooks graduated Wilson Junior College in June of 1936 at the age of 19.
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Gwendolyn Brooks married Henry Lowington Blakely Jr. in 1939.
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Gwendolyn Brooks gave birth to a beautiful baby boy on October 10th, 1940.
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Gwendolyn Brooks published her first book of poetry, "A Street in Bronzeville" in 1945.
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She published a poetry book called Annie Allen in 1949.
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Gwendolyn Brooks won the Pulitzer Prize on May 1st, 1950 for her poetry book Annie Allen. She was the first black woman in history to ever win such a prize.
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Her next child, Nora, was born on September 8th, 1951.
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Gwendolyn published a novel called Maud Martha in 1953. It was her first novel.
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Became the Poet Laureate of Illinois in 1968.
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Published the poetry book, "In the Mecca" in 1968. This was the Pulitzer Prize Winner's first poetry book in a gap of ten years.
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In 1987, Gwendolyn Brooks published a book called "Near-Johannesburg Boy".
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Chicago University opened up a Gwendolyn Brooks Center that housed all of her poetry.
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Gwendolyn Brooks died at the age of 83 in Chicago, Illinois. She died of cancer and is now buried close to Chicago in Illinois.
