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All this greatness born one the same day ; ) vintageblackglamour: Prince and Nikki Giovanni were born on Gwendolyn Brooks birthday. The original caption from this May 2, 1950 photo: A 32-year-old housewife and part time secretary has won the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for “Annie Allen,” a ballad of Chicago Negro life. The first woman to capture one of the famed awards, she is the mother of a 9-year-old boy and the wife of Henry Blakely, partner in an auto repair shop.

All this greatness born one the same day ; )

vintageblackglamour:

Prince and Nikki Giovanni were born on Gwendolyn Brooks birthday. The original caption from this May 2, 1950 photo: A 32-year-old housewife and part time secretary has won the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for “Annie Allen,” a ballad of Chicago Negro life. The first woman to capture one of the famed awards, she is the mother of a 9-year-old boy and the wife of Henry Blakely, partner in an auto repair shop.

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    All this greatness born one the same day ; )
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    Prince and Nikki Giovanni were born on Gwendolyn Brooks’ birthday. The original caption from this May 2, 1950 photo: A...
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    GWENDOLYN BROOKS IS MY HERO
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    On “We Real Cool”: http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/a_f/brooks/werealcool.htm
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    Happy Birthday Ms. Brooks!
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