In the Mecca

Name: In the Mecca
Author: Gwendolyn Brooks

by Gwendolyn Brooks

Epic poem about life in a Harlem tenement building and its diverse inhabitants

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Gwendolyn Brooks

American poet who was the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize (1950). Her poetry from A Street in Bronzeville through the later political work of Riot chronicles Black urban life with precision and compassion.

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