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Margaret Walker

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Gender Female
Death26 years ago
Date of birth July 7,1915
Zodiac sign Cancer
Born Birmingham
Alabama
United States
Date of died November 30,1998
DiedChicago
Illinois
United States
ChildrenFour
Job Poet
Novelist
Education Northwestern University
The University of Iowa
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Date of Upd.
ID616710

Jubilee
This is my century
Richard Wright, daemonic genius
For My People
October Journey
How I Wrote Jubilee and Other Essays on Life and Literature
How I Wrote Jubilee
On being female, black, and free
Conversations with Margaret Walker
Jubilee, 50th Anniversary Edition
Margaret Walker's For My People: A Tribute
Margaret Walker Interview with Kay Bonetti
Cucumber Sandwiches & Fishnet Tights
Don't Eat the Cat
Away with the Vicar
Return to Culver Cove: A Young Mans Journey Home
Revise As and A2 - English Literature
Cracked, Not Broken: A Memoir
Industrial horizons: the location of an oil refinery
English Literature
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Margaret Walker Life story


Margaret Walker was an American poet and writer. She was part of the African-American literary movement in Chicago, known as the Chicago Black Renaissance. Her notable works include the award-winning poem "For My People" and the novel Jubilee, set in the South during the American Civil War.

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