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Margaret Walker (Margaret Abigail Walker Alexander by marriage; July 7, 1915 – November 30, 1998) was an American poet and writer. She was part of the African-American literary movement in Chicago, known as the Chicago Black Renaissance.
On October 17, 1998, Margaret Walker was inducted into the African American Literary Hall of Fame. Poet and novelist Margaret Walker was born on July 7, 1915, in Birmingham, Alabama, to the Reverend Sigismund C. Walker and Marion Dozier Walker. The….
Margaret Walker (born July 7, 1915, Birmingham, Ala., U.S.—died Nov. 30, 1998, Chicago, Ill.) was an American novelist and poet who was one of the leading black woman writers of the mid-20th century. After graduating from Northwestern University (B.A., 1935), Walker joined the Federal Writers’ Project in Chicago, where she began a brief ...
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Learn about the life and works of Margaret Walker, the first African American poet to win the Yale Younger Poets Prize. Explore her poems, novels, essays, and legacy at the Margaret Walker Center.
A powerful and moving poem by Margaret Walker, a black American poet, dedicated to her people and their struggles. The poem expresses her hope for a better world and a new generation of freedom-loving people.
By CM Burroughs. Carl Van Vechten, © Van Vechten Trust. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. The scope of Margaret Walker ’s “For My People” is so expansive in its address to Americans that it could be a U.S. president’s inaugural poem; its emotional appeal results in an intimacy rich enough to speak to the ...
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Jan 29, 2007 · Learn about the life and works of Margaret Walker, a prominent African American poet, novelist, biographer, and critic. She was the first black woman to win the Yale Younger Poets award and the founder of the Institute for the Study of the History, Life, and Culture of Black People.
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