"In Search of our Mother's Garden" written by Alice Walker discusses and celebrates African American mothers and grandmothers as artists whose talents were repressed because of the history of our country. Because black women of this era were often not given the opportunities to nurture or develop their artistic abilities, many found ways to express talents within their own environment. For example, Walker's mother expressed her art in the development of her beautiful gardens. She was "an artist who left her mark in the only materials she could
"In Search of our Mother's Garden" written by Alice Walker discusses and celebrates African American mothers and grandmothers as artists whose talents were repressed because of the history of our country. Because black women of this era were often not given the opportunities to nurture or develop their artistic abilities, many found ways to express talents within their own environment. For example, Walker's mother expressed her art in the development of her beautiful gardens. She was "an artist who left her mark in the only materials she could