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Walker, Alice

(1944- ) American writer. A poet and novelist, Alice Walker is best known for her novel, "The Color Purple." Walker portrays the lives and experiences of African-American women.

Women's History - Alice Walker

"Alice Walker, best known perhaps as the author of 'The Color Purple,' was the eighth child of Georgia sharecroppers." Read more from Jone Johnson Lewis.

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