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Gwendolyn Brooks giving a speech at Edward Jenner School, July 11, 1989.

Gwendolyn Brooks greeting a child at the dedication of Gwendolyn Brooks Park in Topeka, Kansas

Gwendolyn Brooks greeting children at the dedication of Gwendolyn Brooks Park in Topeka, Kansas

Gwendolyn Brooks, Lerone Bennett, and others

Gwendolyn Brooks next to a woman in light green and a man in a red tie by the Gwendolyn Brooks Park sign at the dedication of Gwendolyn Brooks Park in Topeka, Kansas

Gwendolyn Brooks next to the still-covered Gwendolyn Brooks Park sign at the dedication of Gwendolyn Brooks Park in Topeka, Kansas

Gwendolyn Brooks, October 1984

Gwendolyn Brooks opening presents at her 80th birthday party, June 1997

Gwendolyn Brooks posing in between two others outside a courtyard, October 1984

Gwendolyn Brooks posing with an unidentified man in a grey suit, October 1984

Gwendolyn Brooks posing with a young man onstage

Gwendolyn Brooks posing with Darwin Turner and unidentified woman at the College Language Association, April 1982

Gwendolyn Brooks posing with the daughter of Lorraine Williams Bolton and Martin Bolton outside a courtyard, October 1984

Gwendolyn Brooks posing with unidentified man by her portrait painting at her 80th birthday party, June 1997

Gwendolyn Brooks signing autographs at her 80th Birthday party, June 1997

Gwendolyn Brooks smiling and posing in between two others outside a courtyard, October 1984

Gwendolyn Brooks speaking at an outdoor podium before a crowd at the dedication of Gwendolyn Brooks Park in Topeka, Kansas

Gwendolyn Brooks speaking at at the dedication of Gwendolyn Brooks Park in Topeka, Kansas

Gwendolyn Brooks speaking at the Poetry Festival in Waterloo, California, 1996

Gwendolyn Brooks speaking before the audence at the dedication of Gwendolyn Brooks Park in Topeka, Kansas

Gwendolyn Brooks uncovering the Gwendolyn Brooks Park sign at the dedication of Gwendolyn Brooks Park in Topeka, Kansas

Gwendolyn Brooks uncovering the Gwendolyn Brooks Park sign at the dedication of Gwendolyn Brooks Park in Topeka, Kansas

Gwendolyn Brooks with a plant

Helen's Wig storefront

Henry Lowington Blakely Sr., 1973

Joseph Burrell holding Sukari the cat

Keziah Wims Brooks by a house in Chicago, Illinois

Lerone Bennett Jr., African-American scholar

Letter from Francisco and Carole Peccorini to Gwendolyn Brooks, October 12, 1996

Letter from Paul Swearingen to Gwendolyn Brooks, July 18, 1996

Mailing envelope, addressed to Henry L. Blakely Sr, by Nora Brooks Blakely, stamped February 2nd, 1971

Mama's List, 10 ways to get along with others, by Ann Landers, Chicago Sun-Times, January 13th, 1977

Marching band in a tunnel, the back of a short-haired audience member's head

Marching band in a tunnel, the back of young audience member's head

Marching band trombone players in a tunnel

Moving station wagon in front of a stand of trees

Multicultural celebration event in Chicago, Illinois

Name card for Nora Brooks Blakely

Nora Brooks Blakely after her high school graduation, June 19, 1968

Nora Brooks Blakely at the 80th birthday party of Gwendolyn Brooks, June 1997

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