The Ballad of Rudolph Reed

Happy Hump Day Obots! This week's open thread has focused on  African-American poets. Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks was an African-American poet. She was appointed Poet Laureate of Illinois in 1968 and Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1985. Brooks was born on June 7, 1917, in Topeka, Kansas, the first child of David Anderson Brooks and Keziah … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: African-American Poets