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September 27, 2019
September 27, 1950: On this day Gwendolyn Brooks became the first Black person to win a Pulitzer Prize for her book of poetry, Annie Allen. This wasn’t her only first that she accomplished. She also was poetry consultant to the Library of Congress—the first Black woman to hold that position—and poet laureate of the State of Illinois. Also, In 1976, she became the first Black woman inducted into...