Gwendolyn Brooks reads her poems aloud

Reads "The Near-Johannesburg Boy," "The Mother," and "We Real Cool."
Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks (June 7, 1917 - December 3, 2000) was an American poet, author, and teacher. Her work often dealt with the personal celebrations and struggles of ordinary people in her community. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry on May 1, 1950, for Annie Allen making her the first African American to receive the Pulitzer. She also was poetry consultant to the Library of Congress-the first black woman to hold that position-and poet laureate of the State of Illinois. Many of Brooks’s works display a political consciousness, especially those from the 1960s and later, with several of her poems reflecting the civil rights activism of that period.
From the CD: Our Souls Have Grown Deep Like Rivers
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Powerful. I am impressed with her tone and pacing throughout.

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Every time you hear her read, she commands your attention.

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Even if you are not ready for the day, there can't always be night...

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If u are not ready for the day there cannot always be night 🙃😔🥺😥

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What’s the time

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Beautiful

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She felt like she was flying from when she wrote this to way after. It's crazy getting so close to the truth of a thing.

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I heard Johannesburg and as a South African I feel special lol

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0:49

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I remember my teacher playing this in class

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5:00

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She said among us. Sus

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Can someone leave the time for the donds praise god line??

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This performance is a little too fast and she doesn't hit the high notes quite as readily as in that command performance I was looking for but I appreciate this tremendously. The use of positive words to describe a negative experience is a very powerful literary device and reflecting it in tone makes it more powerful still. Brooks is an ancestor we should all consult.

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please can you put the lyrics too? ThankYou

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from kanyes praise god

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Time stamp?

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the mother 2:56

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