Writer Alice Walker is born in Eatonton, Georgia.
At a Glance
- Date
- 9 February 1944
- Location
- Eatonton, Georgia
- Key people
- Alice Walker
- Category
- Arts & Literature
- Source
- The Color Purple (1982) · Library of Congress
What It Meant Then
She would win the Pulitzer Prize for 'The Color Purple,' the first by a Black woman for fiction.
What It Means Now
Walker's work and her recovery of Zora Neale Hurston shaped Black women's literature.
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