... career and this thought also influenced many of her books. Walker was an excellent student and received a scholarship to go on to Sarah Lawrence College in New York (Alice 2). She was very involved in the civil rights movement, she worked with voter registration in Georgia, welfare rights ... and head start in Mississippi (Benbow 189). It was they"re at Sarah Lawrence where she received a bachelor's degree that one of her professors, the poet Muriel Rukeyser suggested that she should publish some of her verses. Walker ... a writer, teacher of black studies, lecturer in literature, disti...

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Alice Walker was born in Georgia. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1965, and taught in various schools including Yale, and Wellesley. In addition to publishing fiction, poetry, and biography that rewarded her with a Guggenheim fellowship in 1977, she received a wall book award nomination. She has published multiple books including "The Color Purple," which was made into a movie ... ...

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