Alice Walker Life
Alice Walker is known world-wide for her literary protrayals of the African American Woman's life. She was born
in 1944 on February 9 in Eatonton, GA to Willie Lee Walker and Minnie Lou Tallulah Grant. Walker was one of 8 children
and her parents worked as sharecroppers and maids making their money situation very tight. When Walker was little she lived
in the time of Jim Crow Laws which were laws mandated by The United States at both the state and local levels. These laws
included the segregation of whites and blacks in public places, public schools, public transportation and many other
places. Alice Walker's mother enrolled her into the first grade when she was only four years old. At the age of 8 she started
writing very secretly and privately because she felt as though she needed to hide it from her family. From there, Walker
went onto high school and continued onto college where she attended Spelman College in Atlanta on a full scholarship in
1961. Walker would later transferr to Sarah Lawrence College near New York City, where she graduated in 1965. Alice Walker
graduated college at the time when the Civil Rights Movement was in full swing making her very interested in everything going on.
A large part of her interest came from one of her college professors who was a big activist during the movement.
Walker is known not only for all of her literary works but also for being a strong willed activist. In 1960 when she attented
Spellman College, she met Martin Luther King and credits him for her returning to the south as a civil rights activist. During this time she was
able to register black voters in Georgia and Mississippi. From there on she has been invloved in many activist organizations during her lifetime.
Walker is associated with the organizations Code Pink and Women for Peace which are organizations that are women-initiated and work to end U.S.
funded wars and occupations, to challenge militarism
in 1944 on February 9 in Eatonton, GA to Willie Lee Walker and Minnie Lou Tallulah Grant. Walker was one of 8 children
and her parents worked as sharecroppers and maids making their money situation very tight. When Walker was little she lived
in the time of Jim Crow Laws which were laws mandated by The United States at both the state and local levels. These laws
included the segregation of whites and blacks in public places, public schools, public transportation and many other
places. Alice Walker's mother enrolled her into the first grade when she was only four years old. At the age of 8 she started
writing very secretly and privately because she felt as though she needed to hide it from her family. From there, Walker
went onto high school and continued onto college where she attended Spelman College in Atlanta on a full scholarship in
1961. Walker would later transferr to Sarah Lawrence College near New York City, where she graduated in 1965. Alice Walker
graduated college at the time when the Civil Rights Movement was in full swing making her very interested in everything going on.
A large part of her interest came from one of her college professors who was a big activist during the movement.
Walker is known not only for all of her literary works but also for being a strong willed activist. In 1960 when she attented
Spellman College, she met Martin Luther King and credits him for her returning to the south as a civil rights activist. During this time she was
able to register black voters in Georgia and Mississippi. From there on she has been invloved in many activist organizations during her lifetime.
Walker is associated with the organizations Code Pink and Women for Peace which are organizations that are women-initiated and work to end U.S.
funded wars and occupations, to challenge militarism