Vintage Black Glamour

The Glamorous Life from the beginning by Nichelle Gainer

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    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.

    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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