A Ballad and a Riot: Brooks’ Shift in Style and Her Exploration of a Budding Black Autonomy
Written by Lydia Burleson, JE 21' Edited by Jisoo Choi, DC 22' In the time before and during the Civil Rights Movement, Gwendolyn Brooks used her poetry to explore the shifting concept of Black agency, specifically the freedom of choice and movement for Black individuals within a white-dominated...