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Alice Walker Equality

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I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it.” (Walker, 1982). One of the most recognized quotes from Alice Walker winning Pulitzer Prize of her novel “The Color Purple.” Alice Walker known for her short stories, novels, and poems. Big on her treatments for the culture of African American all over the world. Her focus was to write about essays and poetry about the racial civil rights, peace around the world, and women’s equality. As she introduces herself to be a womanism.
Biography:
On February 9, 1944. Alice Walker was born in Eatonton, Georgia. Alice Walker grew up with seven siblings. Which their names are Willie Fred, Mamie Lee, Willian Henry, James Thomas, Annie Ruth, Robert Luis, …show more content…

Alice Walker first book, “The Third Life of Grange Copeland.” Dead with the issues that Alice Walker saw on the rural of African American family that are trapped in a multigenerational cycle of the violence and economic dependency. Alice Walker had a big impact on social issues during her life growing up, as her parents were sharecropper. Alice Walker became a huge active in the Civil Rights Movement for the equality for all African Americans. When Alice Walker won first place in the national essay contest in 1967, her essay was, “The Civil Rights Movement: What Good Was It?” She expresses the movement about the social restrictions that United States of America was facing in the 1960’s. Saw on Television of when Martin Luther King Jr, arrested for the leading march in the Alabama First. Alice Walker as well felt strong for being a Political activist, for believing that everyone should learn to extend the range of their compassion. Strong defender for all living beings right, not just for the human rights. As Alice Walker stands for those who see the side for the revolutionaries, leaders who see a change, teachers, and people who are transformation of the

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