A Surprized Queenhood in The New Black Sun: Life & Legacy of Gwendolyn Brooks

A Surprized Queenhood in The New Black Sun: Life & Legacy of Gwendolyn Brooks

    In my Africana Studies class we read this book by Angela Jackson it was great. The book touched on Gwendolyn Brooks's life and the many things she did around and for her community. Gwendolyn Brooks's was a teacher, writer and, poet, Her work was geared to touch on her personal accomplishments and life struggles that many others of her community were experiencing or could relate to. Brooks words were very powerful which in turn lead the people to choose her as one of there heros. She was put on " The Wall of Respect" which was a mural painted in Chicago on the side of the factory in 1971. This painting commemorated the many heros of their time. (more information in link).
    In the book Jackson portrays Brooks as a strong black women learning the ropes of life and how to love herself from the inside out. She started this at a young age, her poetry and the people around her helped her build that self-esteem that she eventually came to have. In the book it states, "Slowly, they influenced her. Without their telling her to, she let her hair be in its natural state, an a Afro, and so announced that she was standing up for being black"( Jackson 99). Brooks knew who she was and was proud of it.
    What I am trying to tell you is go out and find the right crowd, your crowd not what everyone else thinks is right, you do you! Find a hobby or simply explore different things that makes you fell good and/or accomplished. The people you choose to be around will determine how your day is going and possibly what your future will be like. be around people with the same goals and ambitions as you and your sure to succeed. Lastly, YOUR BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL no one can tell you other wise and if so your with the wrong crowd.



Works Cited:
.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu/wallofrespect/main.htm
Jackson, Angela, A Surprized Queenhood In The New Black Sun: The life and Legacy of Gwendolyn Brooks. Beacon Press. 2017. Boston.