A 1945 Chicago Defender article depicted poet Gwendolyn Brooks on the brink of literary stardom. In a 1945 Chicago Defender article, Gwendolyn Brooks said she was 'merely writing about human beings' in response to the national acclaim she began receiving for her poetry. Yet, even then, few writers could match her ability to document Black … Continued
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