#OTD: Gwendolyn Brooks Won Pulitzer Prize

About this episode

This episode discusses Gwendolyn Brooks becoming the first Black American to win a Pulitzer Prize in 1950.

Gwendolyn Brooks became the first Black American to win a Pulitzer Prize in 1950.

People in this episode

Hosts: Ebony McMorris, Jamie Jackson, Clay Cane

Topics covered

• Pulitzer Prize
• Gwendolyn Brooks
• Black American history
• literature
• awards

Keywords

• Gwendolyn Brooks
• Pulitzer Prize
• 1950
• Black American
• literature

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