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NBC News Gwendolyn Brooks was the first African American to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
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'A Surprised Queenhood' honors life and legacy of Gwendolyn Brooks
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June marks the 100th anniversary of Brooks' birth.
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NPR "Some of her grocery lists were poetry in themselves," her daughter says. "She would describe things like 'bright, pearlescent, ruby tomatoes' and so forth, to be very clear about what we were supposed to find."
Remembering The Great Poet Gwendolyn Brooks At 100
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A new biography celebrates the life and legacy of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks, who wrote about ordinary black life using extraordinary language.
106 months ago
Inc. Magazine Start today right. (via PureWow)
8 Things Happy People Do Every Day
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You woke up with every intention to tackle the day in the best mood ever. But after a cold morning shower and unexpected traffic on your commute, you're over it. That is, until you see your colleague Gwendolyn, who, no matter what, is always in a goo Read more ... d mood. Here, eight things she (and other happy pe...
109 months ago
Mic The 5 officers who shot Mario Woods were given 6 weeks of paid leave before returning to work.
After SFPD Shot Mario Woods, His Mother Wants to Prove His Life Mattered
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Gwendolyn Woods holds the city of San Francisco responsible for her son's death.
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Mic It’s time to change the narrative around black men who are shot and killed by the police.
After SFPD Shot Mario Woods, His Mother Wants to Prove His Life Mattered
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Gwendolyn Woods holds the city of San Francisco responsible for her son's death.
116 months ago
Daily Mail Celebrity Christina Applegate's daughter is TOO adorable!
Christina Applegate brings her daughter Sadie to Jimmy Kimmel Live
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She plays PTA head Gwendolyn in the raunchy comedy, Bad Moms.
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HuffPost Good News "A first love is innocent. You go in blind, with no understanding and no standards."
Why Your Second Love Will Always Be More Powerful Than Your First
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Originally published on Unwritten by Gwendolyn Poppe.
I was a kid. The rumors of Prince Charming had me looking around every corner, waiting to be swept off my feet. When it happened, I thought I ...
122 months ago
HuffPost UK Lifestyle "A first love is innocent. You go in blind, with no understanding and no standards. Second love, now that's the real stuff."
Why Your Second Love Will Always Be More Powerful Than Your First
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Originally published on Unwritten by Gwendolyn Poppe. I was a kid. The rumors of Prince Charming had me looking around every corner, waiting to be swept off my feet. When it happened, I thought I ...
122 months ago
Brian Griffin http://blacktimetravel.com/13-of-the-15-jockeys-in-the-first-kentucky-derby-were-black-but-they-dont-tell-you-that/
Black Time Travel | 13 of the 15 jockeys in the first Kentucky Derby were black: But they don’t...
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Most people don’t know the rich history of black jockeys in the Kentucky Derby and other big horse races across America. In fact, 13 of the 15 jockeys to appear in the first Kentucky Derby were African American. This is the story of the last blac Read more ... k man to win the Kentucky Derby, Jimmy Winkfield. …
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TheRoot.com #RootDisruptor: Jimmy Winkfield
Born the seventeenth child of a sharecropper in 1882, James Winkfield grew up in Kentucky’s celebrated horse country. The slender, slight stable boy who could ride bareback by the age of seven soon attracted the at Read more ... tention of the horse racing community, and by the 1890s Jimmy was already winning races. After winning two successive Kentucky Derby races in 1901 and 1902 Winkfield was at the top of his game—but when Winkfield was crowded out of a 3rd Derby win in 1903 and racial tensions in the country were running high, he left the United States. He went on to become an international jockey in Europe until wars interrupted his success. Though his career was fraught with pitfalls, Winkfield is remembered as one of the greats in the racing world.
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