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| Name: |
Margaret Walker | | Birth Date: |
July 7, 1915 | | Place of Birth: |
Birmingham, Alabama, United States | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
Female | | Occupations: |
novelist, poet, teacher |
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 Biography of Margaret Walker
488 words, approx. 2 pages
 Margaret Walker (born 1915), novelist, poet, scholar, and teacher, was best known for her Civil War novel Jubilee (1963) and for her powerful collection of poetry about racial affirmation, For My People (1942). Margaret Abigail Walker was born on July... summary from source:
 Biography of Margaret (Abigail) Walker
4,918 words, approx. 16 pages
 Margaret Walker , poet, novelist, teacher, and essayist, published poetry in the 1930s in the prestigious magazine Poetry, Opportunity, and in Crisis. Having published her first volume of poems in 1942, her second one in 1970, and a prize-winning novel... summary from source:
Biography of Margaret (Abigail) Walker
4,076 words, approx. 14 pages
Poet, novelist, essayist, orator, and literary critic, Margaret Abigail Walker Alexander has lived a full, long life, seeking personal and professional acquaintances with writers from virtually every literary period of the twentieth century. She counts... 
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 Margaret Walker Quotes
58 words, approx. 1 pages
Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go. The poetry of a people comes from the deep recesses of the unconscious, the irrational and the collective body of our ancestral memories. The poetry of a people comes from the deep recesses...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Walker, Margaret
277 words, approx. 1 pages(born July 7, 1915, Birmingham, Ala., U.S.—died Nov. 30, 1998, Chicago, Ill.) 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... summary from source:
 Margaret Walker Information
246 words, approx. 1 pages
Dr. Margaret Abigail Walker Alexander (July 7, 1915 – November 30, 1998) was an African-American poet and author born in Birmingham, Alabama. She wrote as Margaret Walker. One of her most known poems is "For My People". Her father Sigismund C....
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 Chicago Defender Remembering Margaret Walker
02/15/2000: 439 words, approx. 2 pages Remembering Margaret Walker: Program features bio-film, discussion Celebrated poet, novelist and essayist Margaret Walker will be spotlighted as the Chicago Public Library continues its celebration of Black History Month. The free two-part program will be held on Thursday, February 17 from 6:30 p.m.... summary from source:
The Nation Margaret Walker Alexander.
01/04/1999: 1,352 words, approx. 5 pages The life and times of African American writer and poet Margaret Walker Alexander is presented. The novelist had a fruitful, long and productive life. She is compared to some of the great American writers and contributed overwhelmingly to the community. Among her contributions was... summary from source:
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11/8/2007: 484 words, approx. 2 pagesThe Federal Emergency Management Agency is barring employees from entering thousands of stored travel trailers over concerns about hazardous fumes, while more than 48,000 other trailers continue to be used by hurricane victims in Louisiana and Mississippi.FEMA is advising employees not to enter any of...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Nancy Berke
15,312 words, approx. 51 pages
In the following chapter from her book on three poets, Berke deconstructs the text of For My People, suggesting that the themes of black northward migration and the economic and social conditions of the 1930s are important to an understanding of Walker's work.
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Interview by Margaret Walker and Lucy M. Freibert
6,874 words, approx. 23 pages
In the following interview, conducted in 1986 and published in 1987, Walker discusses her personal life and her working methods and compares herself with other Southern women writers.
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Critical Essay by Nancy Berke
6,794 words, approx. 23 pages
In the following essay, Berke calls attention to the often-neglected socially conscious poetry of three writers, including Walker's For My People.
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