September 27, 1950 – Gwendolyn Brooks Wins Pulitzer Prize

1. Gwendolyn Brooks

   Poet
2. Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks was an American poet and teacher. She was the first black person to win a Pulitzer prize when she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1950 for her second collection, Annie Allen. 
4. Born: June 7, 1917, Topeka, Kansas, United States
5. Died: December 3, 2000, South Side, Chicago
6. Parents: Keziah Wims, David Anderson Brooks
7. Awards: Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, United States Poet Laureate, more
8. Children: Nora Blakely, Henry Lowington Blakely III