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alice walker

@alicewalker44

I'm an American author, poet, and activist. I've written both fiction and essays about race and gender. *student, class project, not real*

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While living in Jackson, Mississippi, her and Melvyn became"the first legally married inter-racial couple in Mississippi".They got harrassed

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Walker then had a baby who she described as "a living, breathing, mixed-race embodiment of the new America that they were trying to forge."

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In 1976, Walker's 2nd novel "Meridian" was published. The novel was about activist workers in the South during the civil rights movement.

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"A Sudden Trip Home in the Spring" examines a turning point in the psychological development of a black college student who has left Georgia

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After setteling in in her northern home, her father passes away and she is not to pleased to be going back to the south for his funeral

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Once back in the south Sarah's interactions with her brother and grandfather, made more meaningful by her recent distance from them,

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Mirroring Walker’s own diverse experiences, the story underscores the significance of recognizing the worth in one’s diversity.

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Sarah wanted to close all the doors to her old life and her heritage and move on, going back to the south made her realize #tobecontinued...