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Gwendolyn Brooks influenced many African American writers. Friends say her prize-winning works also helped other black Americans to develop their own sense of identity and culture.
Doctors discovered Miz Brooks had cancer in November, two thousand. She died December third at her home in Chicago. She was eighty-three.
The funeral service was held on the South Side, the same area of the city that had been a window for much of Miz Brooks's poetry. The service was at times filled with laughter. There were warm remembrances of a woman whose life and words had touched people forever. African drums sounded and dancers leaped.
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VOICE ONE:
This Special English program was written and produced by Cynthia Kirk. I'm Shirley Griffith.
VOICE TWO:
And I'm Sarah Long. Join us again next week for another PEOPLE IN AMERICA program on the Voice of America.
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