Searching for the New Black Man (Margaret Walker Alexander Series in African American Studies)

Walker worked on this project with such prominent writers as Richard Wright and Gwendolyn Brooks. Following her marriage to Firnist Alexander in , she began teaching English at Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi, where she taught from She lived in Jackson until her recent death in December, Although best known for her poetry, Margaret Walker has also written an array of essays, interviews, speeches, biographies, and the novel Jubilee, which commemorates her great-grandmother, who survived slavery.

In all, Walker produced nine books and many distinguished pieces of writing which mainly celebrate African-American history and culture. Margaret Walker received her A.

She married, raised a family, and taught. In she was awarded a fellowship at the University of Iowa where she received a Ph. Although she had faced discrimination in the South, Walker was unprepared for the racism she experienced while at Northwestern. She has noted that her few friends were all African American and only one restaurant would serve her.

Nevertheless, she still formed important relationships with her teachers there and continued her education in literature. Roosevelt's Works Project Administration, in Chicago. She formed a strong relationship with fellow southern African American writer Richard Wright—a man she much admired and about whom she would later write. Walker's time working with the FWP not only put her in contact with other important writers of the day but also helped her connect various social issues with the racism that she had experienced.

Through her work in Chicago, she saw the oppression of other women, as well as other impoverished communities. She began working on many of the poems that appear in For My People during this period. After her work with the FWP ended in , Walker attended the University of Iowa, where she completed a master's degree in creative writing.

Margaret Walker Alexander Series in African American Studies

For her thesis, Walker completed a version of For My People , which was published in The following year, she married Firnist James Alexander, with whom she would have four children. Yet, Henry Anthony quickly moves to texts that challenge traditional constructions of black masculinity.

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