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Alice Walker 1/27/ 12 5D

Alice Walker 1/27/ 12 5D . By: Heba B. .

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Alice Walker 1/27/ 12 5D

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  1. Alice Walker 1/27/12 5D By: HebaB.

  2. Alice Walker is known for her book The Color Purple witch is about two African Americans sisters and their struggles. She was the first African American to win the Pulitzer Price for Fiction. You should admire her life because it is an accomplishment. Interdiction

  3. Alice Walker was born on February 9, 1994 in Eatonton ,Georgia. Alice went to Sarah Lawrence college and later transferred to Spelmen college. She worked as a social worker and a teacher . Alice married Mel Leventhal on 1967. Nine years later they were divorced. Alice’s father earned only $300 a year from sharecropping and dairy farming. Her mom worked as a maid 11 hours for $17 per week to help pay for Alice to go to college. Background Information

  4. Alice writes books about African Americans and what they went through. She wrote her second book four years before she became an editor for Ms. Magazine in 1974. She really didn’t want to become a writer at first in till she knew how talented she was. Alice first started writing poems in college. Career highlights

  5. Alice was the first African American woman to win the National Book award. Even though she is blind in the right eye she still kept working hard . Even if her parents were slaves that doesn’t mean that she isn’t a strong person. She wrote The Color Purple, The Third Life of Grange Copeland and she won the O. Henry award for kindred spirits in 1985. One of her latest books would be Overcoming Speechlessness in 2010. Accomplishments

  6. 1944 Born on February 9, 1994 in Eatonton ,Georgia. 1948 She went to first grade at the age of 4. 1999 Alice got accidently wounded in the right eye by a BB gun and what later left her blind in that eye. 1960s She went to Sarah Lawrence college, Atlanta and Spelmen college, New York 1967-1976 Alice married Mel Leventhal 2010-today She still rights books till this day. Timeline

  7. Alice took part in the civil rights movement when she attended Spelmen college .Zora Neale Hurston inspired Alice to become a writer. She started school at an young age. Also she used to keep a razor under her pillow in college. Interesting facts

  8. You have learned a lot information about Alice Walker. She surely is a inspiration to all writers . Try reading one of her books. Alice still writing books till this day. Conclusion

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