"Gwendolyn Brooks was named Illinois Poet Laureate and was the first African-American to be awarded a Pulitzer Prize. Her poems, many of which lyricized the plight of the urban poor such as ""We Real Cool,"" won her a multigenerational following. She also wrote a novel, ""Maud Martha."" Brooks died in 2000."
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