She was the first African-American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize.
- Alice Walker
- Gwendolyn Brooks
- Marita Bonner
- Maya Angelou
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She was the first African-American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize.
She was the first African-American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize.
Gwendolyn Brooks. Brooks won for Poetry in 1950 for her collection “Annie Allen”. In 1968 she was appointed Poet Laureate of Illinois, a position she held until her death in 2000.