Margaret Walker Alexander (1915-1998)

This informational blog celebrates the life and legacy of Margaret Walker, Walker was a distinguished American poet and writer. She is best known for her poem, For My People (1942) and Jubilee (1966).

Note: Compiled by and Reprinted with Permission from Abdul Akalaimat, PhD

Biography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Walker https://tinyurl.com/y2sr6dn5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU-R1yoyeAk https://www.ibiblio.org/ipa/poems/walker/biography.php http://writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/walker-margaret.html https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14408642/margaret-abigail-alexander

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Documentary Newsreel: http://www.newsreel.org/nav/title.asp?tc=CN0035&s=For%20My%20People

Lectures On Richard Wright: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pjXTjxMIyM Farish Street District: https://hi-in.facebook.com/BlueMagnoliaFilms/videos/searching-for-a-peoples-culture/735482513306987/

Reading "For My People" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GXTAs2QYHI Three poets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlbe0HJg1sY&list=OLAK5uy_mgG7doi8BkfqxcHYt7cIIHr1chlCtS2OY Jubilee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX6OlowWeE4

Interviews https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfkJPVAKiUE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTu5-N2p3jo

Writing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdkMQKRk4JI https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/margaret-walker#tab-poems

Tributes 100th Birthday celebration (2015): http://www.jsumsnews.com/?p=18119 Maryemma Graham and Shirley LeFlore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoeXrh96AR0 Amiri Baraka: https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/margaret-walker-alexander/ Amina Baraka: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFo1hWoLPTE Poetry Foundation: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/margaret-walker Virtual book club: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfg-tICsxs0 Margaret Walker Center: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_8MhDZ_uG8&t=690s Mississippi Writers Trail: https://www.wlbt.com/2019/07/09/mississippi-writers-trail-marker-honors-author-margaret-walker-alexander/ Iowa Writers Alumni Award: https://litcity.lib.uiowa.edu/person/margaret-walker/ Musical rendition of her work by Randy Klein: http://www.randyklein.com/photo-video.html

Bibliography https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199827251/obo-9780199827251-0204.xml https://www.mswritersandmusicians.com/mississippi-writers/margaret-walker-alexander