Brooks was born in Topeka, Kansas in 1917. She was an African American poet. Throughout her life she faced racism with her neighbors and at school. Brooks attended high school at Hyde park High which happened to be the leading
Brooks was born in Topeka, Kansas in 1917. She was an African American poet. Throughout her life she faced racism with her neighbors and at school. Brooks attended high school at Hyde park High which happened to be the leading high school in Chicago in whites. She had transferred schools later on to Wendell Phillips which is an all black school. Later on she had finally transferred to Englewood High wich is an interracial school. By 1936 Brooks had become a college graduate from Wilson Junior College. She had broadened her outlook on ci