Margaret Walker

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African American writer novelist person poet

Margaret Walker was an influential African American poet and novelist whose work, including the acclaimed novel "Jubilee," powerfully explored Black history, culture, and identity in the United States.

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Label	Occurrences
Margaret Walker canonical	4
Margaret Abigail Walker	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	African American writer ⓘ novelist ⓘ person ⓘ poet ⓘ
academicDegree	Master of Arts in creative writing ⓘ
awardReceived	Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship ⓘ Yale Series of Younger Poets Award ⓘ
birthDate	1915-07-07 ⓘ
birthPlace	Birmingham, Alabama, United States ⓘ
citizenship	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
deathDate	1998-11-30 ⓘ
deathPlace	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
educatedAt	Northwestern University ⓘ University of Iowa ⓘ
employer	Jackson State University ⓘ
ethnicity	African American ⓘ
familyName	Walker ⓘ
founded	Institute for the Study of the History, Life, and Culture of Black People at Jackson State University ⓘ
fullName	Margaret Walker self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Margaret Abigail Walker
gender	female ⓘ
genre	African American literature ⓘ historical fiction ⓘ poetry ⓘ
givenName	Margaret ⓘ
hasTheme	Black resilience ⓘ family and generational memory ⓘ racial justice ⓘ
influenced	African American women novelists ⓘ later generations of African American poets ⓘ
influencedBy	Harlem Renaissance ⓘ surface form: Harlem Renaissance writers
language	English ⓘ
movement	African American literary tradition ⓘ Black Arts Movement ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ
notableWork	For My People ⓘ Jubilee ⓘ Richard Wright: Daemonic Genius ⓘ
occupation	educator ⓘ novelist ⓘ poet ⓘ
subjectOf	studies of African American women writers ⓘ
writesAbout	African American culture ⓘ African American identity ⓘ Black history in the United States ⓘ slavery and its legacy ⓘ the South ⓘ surface form: the American South
wroteAbout	Richard Wright ⓘ

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Chicago Black Renaissance → hasNotableFigure → Margaret Walker ⓘ

Broadside Press → publishedAuthor → Margaret Walker ⓘ

South Side Writers Group → notableMember → Margaret Walker ⓘ

Margaret Walker → fullName → Margaret Walker self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Margaret Abigail Walker

The Yale Younger Poets Series → hasNotableWinner → Margaret Walker ⓘ

subject surface form: Yale Younger Poets Series