For My People
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For My People is a landmark 1942 poetry collection by Margaret Walker that powerfully celebrates African American life and struggle through lyrical, politically engaged verse.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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poetry collection ⓘ |
| addresses |
economic inequality
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faith and spirituality ⓘ labor and working-class experience ⓘ racial injustice ⓘ |
| author | Margaret Walker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Yale Series of Younger Poets Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
celebration of Black culture
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collective liberation ⓘ resistance to oppression ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| editorialSeries | Yale Series of Younger Poets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationType | debut poetry collection ⓘ |
| form |
lyric poetry
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politically engaged verse ⓘ |
| hailedAs |
classic of 20th-century American literature
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landmark in African American poetry ⓘ |
| hasPart | "For My People" (poem) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReprint |
21st-century reissues
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later 20th-century paperback editions ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
biblical cadences
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collective "we" voice ⓘ oratorical tone ⓘ |
| influenced |
Black Arts Movement writers
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later African American poets ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | poetry ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | African-American literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | one of the earliest major poetry collections by an African American woman published by a mainstream press ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Margaret Walker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1942 ⓘ |
| publisher | Yale University Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | important document of African American cultural history ⓘ |
| settingDescribed |
American South
NERFINISHED
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urban African American communities ⓘ |
| subject |
African American life
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African American struggle ⓘ Black history ⓘ collective identity ⓘ race and racism in the United States ⓘ social justice ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | Jim Crow era United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tone |
celebratory
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defiant ⓘ prophetic ⓘ |
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