American Literature / Unit 17 AML 1618 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Gwendolyn Brooks and Bronzeville
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The idea
Brooks published her first poem at thirteen and her first book, A Street in Bronzeville, in nineteen forty-five. The anchor says it uses South Side residents as characters and takes up violence, grief, racism, trauma and resiliency, reflecting Chicago's inadequate housing for Black Americans.
In practice
A Chicago street, given a book.
Where people slip
Bronzeville is a real South Side neighbourhood.
Your place on the trail
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