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gptkbp:instanceOf
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Person
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gptkbp:artist
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Free verse
Lyric poetry
Narrative poetry
Sonnets
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gptkbp:artMovement
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gptkb:Harlem_Renaissance
Modernism
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gptkbp:associatedAct
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gptkb:Chicago_Black_Renaissance
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:Pulitzer_Prize_for_Poetry
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gptkbp:born
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June 7, 1917
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gptkbp:children
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gptkb:Gwendolyn_Brooks_Jr.
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gptkbp:contribution
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Poetry about community
Poetry about family
Poetry about race relations
Poetry about urban life
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gptkbp:countryOfOrigin
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to_win_a_Pulitzer_Prize
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gptkbp:died
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December 3, 2000
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gptkbp:education
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gptkb:University_of_Chicago
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gptkbp:famousQuote
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“I write for the people.”
“I am a black woman.”
“I want to be a poet.”
“The time to be happy is now.”
“We are not what we seem.”
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gptkbp:fullName
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gptkb:Gwendolyn_Elizabeth_Brooks
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gptkbp:genre
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Poetry
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gptkbp:honorificPrefix
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gptkb:Columbia_College_Chicago
gptkb:Northeastern_Illinois_University
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Gwendolyn Brooks Jr.
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gptkbp:influenced
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Contemporary poets
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gptkbp:influences
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gptkb:Langston_Hughes
gptkb:Carl_Sandburg
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gptkbp:inspiredBy
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African_American_culture
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gptkbp:knownFor
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Social commentary in poetry
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gptkbp:legacy
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Inspiration for future generations of poets
Advocate for social justice through poetry
Recognition of black women's voices in literature
Cultural_icon_in_Chicago
Influence_on_African_American_literature
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gptkbp:nationality
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American
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gptkbp:notableWork
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gptkb:Annie_Allen
We Real Cool
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:Poet
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gptkbp:placeOfBirth
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gptkb:Topeka,_Kansas
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gptkbp:placeOfDeath
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gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Henry_Blake
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