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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 February 2025. American author and activist (born 1944) For other people named Alice Walker, see Alice Walker (disambiguation). Alice Walker Walker in 2007 Born Alice Malsenior Walker (1944-02-09) February 9, 1944 (age 81) Eatonton, Georgia, U.S. Occupation Novelist short story writer poet political ...
Meridian is a 1976 novel by Alice Walker. It has been described as Walker's "meditation on the modern civil rights movement." [1] Meridian is about Meridian Hill, a young black woman in the late 1960s who is attending college as she embraces the civil rights movement at a time when the movement becomes violent. The story follows her life into ...
Walker says,"it was an incredibly difficult novel to write, for I had to look at, and name, and speak up about violence among black people in the black community at the same time that black people (and some whites)--including me and my family were enduring massive psychological and physical violence from white supremacists in the southern states, particularly Mississippi."
Walker is able to learn from Dr. King's experience because as an African American, she had to endure those same struggles. Walker's mother taught her and her siblings to embrace their culture but at the same time to move up north to escape the harsh realities of the South. Walker and her mother were present for Dr. King's infamous speech.
Warrior Marks: Female Genital Mutilation and the Sexual Blinding of Women is a 1993 book by Alice Walker with Pratibha Parmar, who made an award-winning documentary of the same name. [1] Following on from her 1992 novel Possessing the Secret of Joy, Walker undertakes a journey to parts of Africa where clitoridectomy is still practised.
Pages in category "Novels by Alice Walker" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. The Color Purple; M.
In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Womanist Prose, Alice Walker (1983) "I've Had Nothing Yet, So I Can't Take More", Rachel Adler (1983) Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions, Gloria Steinem (1983) Right Wing Women: The Politics of Domesticated Females, Andrea Dworkin (1983) Sexism and God-Talk: Toward a Feminist Theology, Rosemary Radford ...
Pages in category "Books by Alice Walker" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. I.