The First African American to Win Pulitzer Prize in Poetry

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A black-and-white portrait of Gwendolyn Brooks.
Gwendolyn Brooks 1917 to 2000. 1917. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/n50041281/gwendolyn-brooks/.

Gwendolyn Brooks.

May 1, 1950

The First African American to Win Pulitzer Prize in Poetry

Gwendolyn Brooks awarded the Pulitzer Prize in poetry; the first African American to receive the award.