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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.
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 family moved to New Orleans when Walker was a young child.
Margaret Walker 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 literary relationship with novelist.
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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.
Mar 27, 2023 · Margaret Walker Margaret Walker (1915-1998) was an acclaimed poet and novelist as well as a highly respected educator and literary critic whose experiences growing up in the South during the Jim Crow and civil rights eras are reflected in her works.
Margaret Walker’s poem addresses marginalized and disenfranchised people and endeavors to show the light that exists within and despite their lives. Walker’s parents were university-educated Southerners; her grandmother told her stories about her own mother’s “slavery time” at Walker’s urging.
Margaret Walker's signature poem "For My People" encompasses the strengths and struggles of Blacks not only in Chicago but throughout America. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
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