Gwendolyn Brooks: 21th century African american queen

Gwendolyn Brooks would make an excellence 21th century African queen because she was an excellence poet and writer! She would have made an excellence addition to any pharaoh's and African king's court! Gwendolyn Brooks was born in 1917 and raised in Kansas! Her parents guided her in her education and she wrote her first poem at the age of 13! She was the first African American to win the Pulitzer prize for writing the 1949 Annie Allen collection in 1950! She wrote twenty books of poetry! She went to be with the Lord in December 3, 2000! She will truly be missed!