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Inform Quarterly (2003, Summer)
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Feature article covers Gwendolyn Brooks and the naming of the Illinois State Library building the Gwendolyn Brooks Building.
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- Education: Libraries and archives
- History and culture: Landmarks
- Information management and resources: Information resources: Libraries and archives
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.State Library building renamed On June 6, 2003, the Illinois State Library was officially renamed and dedicated in honor of the late Pulitzer Prize winner and Illinois Poet Laureate Gwendolyn Brooks. House Joint Resolution was passed by the General Assembly this spring creating the Illinois State Library, Gwendolyn Brooks Building. Brooks began creating rhyming verses at age 7, and was when one of her poems was published in American Childhood magazine. Her first book of poetry, Street in Bronzeville, was published in 1945, and in 1950 at age 32, she became the first AfricanAmerican to win Pulitzer Prize for her book-length poem, Annie Allen, chronicling African-American life in Chicago. In 1969, Brooks was named Illinois Poet Laureate, replacing the late Illinois poet Carl Sandburg. Shortly before her death in December 2000 at age 83, the Library of Congress named her "Living Legend." She spent the last years of her life as distinguished professor of literature at Chicago State Unive
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Illinois State Library
Contact
Name: Blaine Redemer
Organization: Illinois State Library
300 South Second Street
Springfield, IL 62701
Network Address: bredemer@ilsos.net
Phone: 217-782-5430
Fax: 217-524-0041
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- Language(s): EN-English
- Creation Date (from issuing agency): 06 19 2003
- Document Modification Date (from issuing agency): 06 19 2003
- Date Accepted Into Depository: Thu,29 Jun 2006 18:36:41 GMT
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