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Gwendolyn Brooks

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American Lazarus: Religion and the Rise of African-American and Native American Literatures

Book by Joanna Brooks; Oxford University Press, 2003

Subjects:

African Americans In Literature, African Americans--Intellectual Life, American Literature--1783-1850--History And Criticism, American Literature--African American Authors--History And Criticism, American Literature--Colonial Period, Ca. 1600-1775--History And Criticism, American Literature--Indian Authors--History And Criticism, American Literature--Revolutionary Period, 1775-1783--History And Criticism, Christian Literature, American--History And Criticism, Christianity And Literature--United States--History--18th Century, Hymns, English--United States--History And Criticism, Indians In Literature, Indians Of North America--Intellectual Life, Occom, Samson--1723-1792

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

...Cataloging-in Publication Data Brooks, Joanna, 1971 American Lazarus: religion and the rise of African-American and native American literatures / Joanna Brooks...and criticism. 10. African Americans Intellectual life 18th century...
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The Journey to the Promised Land: The African American Struggle for Development since the Civil War

Book by Dione Brooks Taylor, Dickson A. Mungazi; Praeger, 2001

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African Americans--History--1863-1877, African Americans--History--1877-1964, African Americans--History--1964-

Collections: History, Entire Library

The Journey to the Promised Land The African American Struggle for Development since the Civil War DICKSON A. MUNGAZI Foreword by Dione Brooks Taylor
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Gwendolyn Brooks

Book by Harold Bloom; Chelsea House, 2000

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African Americans In Literature, Brooks, Gwendolyn--1917---Criticism And Interpretation, Women And Literature--United States--History--20th Century

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...bitter anguish into high art. Brooks learned from these men, among...richly complex as any sonnet. Brooks not only knows Afro-American poetry, folk and individual...poetic patterns. Furthermore, Brooks has a special affinity for Emily...
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The White Image in the Black Mind: African-American Ideas about White People, 1830-1925

Book by Mia Bay; Oxford University Press, 2000

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African Americans--Attitudes--History--19th Century, African Americans--Attitudes--History--20th Century, African Americans--Intellectual Life, Race Awareness--United States--History--19th Century, Race Awareness--United States--History--20th Century, United States--Race Relations, Whites In Literature, Whites--United States

Collections: History, Entire Library

...52. Higginbotham, Evelyn Brooks. "African-American Womens History and the MetaLanguage...Manifest Destiny: The Origins of American Racial Anglo- Saxonism . Cambridge...People of Color: Inside the African-American Community . Washington...
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Black Sexual Politics: African Americans, Gender, and the New Racism

Book by Patricia Hill Collins; Routledge, 2004

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African American Men, African American Women, African Americans--Race Identity, African Americans--Sexual Behavior, African Americans--Social Conditions--1975-, Racism--United States, Sex Role--United States, Sexism--United States, United States--Race Relations

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Publications. Higginbotham, Evelyn Brooks. 1992. African-American Womens History and the Metalanguage...Cinematic Experience. Black American Cinema . Ed. Manthia Diawara...1992. Technical Difficulties: African-American Notes on the State...

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Journal Articles on: brooks african american

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"The Kindergarten of New Consciousness": Gwendolyn Brooks and the Social Construction of Childhood

Journal article by Richard Flynn; African American Review, Vol. 34, 2000

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African American women poets--Criticism, interpretation, etc., American literature--African American authors, Brooks, Gwendolyn--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Chicago, Illinois--Literature

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...of The World of Gwendolyn Brooks on his sons seventeenth...the term Black rather than African American throughout this essay. One reason Brooks prefers the term Black is...other than hypenation." Brooks explains her unpopular...
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Eds.: Harlem Renaissance Lives: From the African American National Biography

Journal article by Richard L. Hughes; Teaching History: A Journal of Methods, Vol. 34, 2009

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Books--Book reviews, Harlem Renaissance Lives: From the African American National Biography (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

Collections: Education, History, Entire Library

...Jr. and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham...Lives: From the African American National Biography...From the African American National Biography...lives of African Americans directly or indirectly...involve African-Americans whose unlikely...within a modernizing American society. For example...
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Killing John Cabot and Publishing Black: Gwendolyn Brooks's Riot

Journal article by James D. Sullivan; African American Review, Vol. 36, 2002

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African American poets--Works, American poetry--African American authors, Brooks, Gwendolyn--Works, Publishing industry--Management

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...her career, Gwendolyn Brooks .changed publishers...publicity, to small, new, African American-run Broadside...publish other African American poets (Melhem 190...specifically African American context. That context...primarily African American-run businesses...communicative process by African Americans greatly decreased the...
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Reflecting Violence in the Warpland: Gwendolyn Brooks's Riot

Journal article by Annette Debo; African American Review, Vol. 39, 2005

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African Americans--Political activity, Books--Criticism and interpretation, Brooks, Gwendolyn--Works, Riot (Poetry collection)--Criticism and interpretation

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...effects on the African American community...In Riot, Brooks connects...image of African Americans lashing out...the African American community...these lines, Brooks captures...esteem among African Americans. Over the...African American identity...
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"No Justice, No Peace": The Figure of Emmett till in African American Literature

Journal article by Christopher Metress; MELUS, Vol. 28, 2003

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African Americans--Crimes against, American literature--African American authors, Baldwin, James--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Brooks, Gwendolyn--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Lorde, Audre--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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...figure of Emmett Till in African American literature. by Christopher...those who perceive the American judicial system to be...walk free, African Americans did not have in their...sentiment, and African American newspapers throughout...Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, James Baldwin, Anne...

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Magazine Articles on: brooks african american

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Cecil Brooks III Overflows with Talent

Magazine article by Douglas Turner; American Visions, Vol. 10, October 1995

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African Americans--Music, Brooks, Cecil, III--Interviews, Drummers (Musicians)--Interviews, Jazz musicians--Interviews

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...his busy studio schedule, Brooks manages to keep his performing...those gaps between the whole African-American experience in the music," Brooks muses. "If its good, we...all of this activity, is Brooks spreading himself too thin...
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An Evening with Gwendolyn Brooks: the Pulitzer Prize-winner and Poet Laureate Shuns Pretense, Invites Challenges

Magazine article by B. Denise Hawkins; Black Issues in Higher Education, Vol. 11, November 3, 1994

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African Americans, Black literature, Brooks, Gwendolyn, Civil law, Civil rights, Harrisonburg, VA, Human relations, Human rights, Interpersonal communication, Law, Literature, Personal relationships, Poetry

Collections: Education, Literature, Entire Library

...EVENING WITH Gwendolyn Brooks: The Pulitzer Prize...auditorium, Gwendolyn Brooks, revered by many African American poets as their patron...especially to African Americans. One such poem...message to African American women through this...
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Avery Brooks: a Powerful Voice for Black Culture

Magazine article by Beth Turner; Black Masks, Vol. 12, August 31, 1994

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African Americans, Atlanta, GA, Black culture, Blacks, Brooks, Avery, Culture, Entertainment, Minority & ethnic groups, Theater

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Avery Brooks: a Powerful...tradition, in African American culture and heritage...rich African American cultural tradition...first African Americans to receive a...in this strong African American man called Brooks. Photo (Avery...
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Education Beat: Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet Gwendolyn Brooks Honored

Magazine article; Black Issues in Higher Education, Vol. 10, February 24, 1994

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African Americans, Black literature, Brooks, Gwendolyn, Literature, Poetry, Washington, DC

Collections: Education, Literature, Entire Library

...Bellow and Robert Penn Warren. Brooks was born in Topeka, KS, in...For seven decades, Gwendolyn Brooks has brought the experiences of Black Americans into our national consciousness...existence." Photo (Gwendolyn Brooks)
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Our Literary Mecca: a Tribute to Gwendolyn Brooks

Magazine article by Daphne Muse; Black Masks, Vol. 14, March 31, 2001

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African Americans, Black culture, Black literature, Blacks, Brooks, Gwendolyn, Chicago, IL, Culture, Death & dying, Life, Lifetime, Literature, Minority & ethnic groups, Mortality, Personal profiles, Poetry

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Jordan, there was Gwendolyn Brooks! Many of us recall how her...year friendship with Gwendolyn Brooks, my bank of memories and personal...disenfranchisement of ordinary Black American citizens, about whom she wrote...published by Third World Press. Brooks wore her 1950 Pulitzer Prize...

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Newspaper Articles on: brooks african american

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Negro League Stars and Stamps Visit Oak Brook

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), August 7, 2010

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African Americans, Baseball (Professional), Professional baseball

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...and Stamps Visit Oak Brook. Byline: Justin Kmitch...history Friday in Oak Brook. Two former Negro Leagues...Paige during the annual American First Day Cover Society...Service to honor early African-American baseball players...of Rube Foster, the African-American athlete...
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Negro League Stars and Stamps Visit Oak Brook

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), August 7, 2010

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African Americans, Baseball (Professional), Professional baseball

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...and Stamps Visit Oak Brook. Byline: Justin Kmitch...history Friday in Oak Brook. Two former Negro Leagues...Paige during the annual American First Day Cover Society...Service to honor early African-American baseball players...of Rube Foster, the African-American athlete...
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Why Peter Brook Needed a Bigger Stage; the Legendary Director Makes a Rare Return to London This Week. His Biographer Explains Why He Left Britain at the Height of a Career Marked by the Most Shocking, Ravishing and Inventive Theatre

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), January 25, 2005

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Brook, Peter

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...worked with Mexican-American actors. On his return...goes to institutions. Brook told me that a major...philosopher and sage whose work Brook had been following...toearth reasons. One day Brook said to me: "If Id...story from the South African townships; from a passionate...Tomorrow, another sliver of Brooks late-period theatre...
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Identity Quest DNA Tests Reveal Your Ancestry, Going Back Centuries. Anyone Can Be Tested, but African-Americans Have a Stronger Motivation Than Most

Newspaper article by Pam Defiglio; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), July 25, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...a second by African Ancestry, which...greater detail. Brooks DNA Print Genomics...to 59 percent African, 32 percent...percent Native American, 4 percent...younger African-Americans do. When Brooks...Rev. Clyde Brooks Retired pastor...sub-Saharan African, 32 percent...percent Native American, 4 percent...many African Americans have to live...
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Mark & Sparks; Play-Off Drama as Brooks Nips in to Take Title

Newspaper article by Gordon Simpson; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), August 12, 1996

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Simpson Outsider Mark Brooks won a nailbiting USPGA...Elkington of Australia and American Tommy Tolles. Brooks shot a final round two...surprise packets level but Brooks birdied the first play...Ernie Els. The South African took a nightmare 79...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: brooks african american

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American Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Longfellow , who won the hearts of Americans with glib, moralizing verse...society all these were strongly American, and transcendentalists such...elections. Post Vietnam War American literature has called into...attitudes in contemporary American society. The literature of...also encompasses the work of African-American (e.g., Nobel...
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United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...System, of which the Brooks Range is the northernmost...population were of African-American descent in part. The...Asian. The Native American population of the United...were of partial Native American descent. Roughly a third of Native Americans lived on reservations...especially in the African-American and Hispanic...Large numbers of Africans were transported in...
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Country and Western Music

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

COUNTRY AND WESTERN MUSIC American popular music form originating in...musicians have been influenced by African-American blues (see jazz ) and gospel music...performers such as Ricky Scaggs, Garth Brooks, the Judds, Tanya Tucker, and...
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Arkansas , State, United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...A number of Native American groups, such as the...new constitution gave African Americans the right to vote and...Elisha Baxter and Joseph Brooks. Baxters apparent success...was not accepted by Brooks, and followers of the...became known as the Brooks-Baxter War. After...

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