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Margaret Walker, a renowned American poet, was born on July 6, 1915, and passed away on November 30, 1998. Her poetry is known for its profound social consciousness and humanistic concerns, which have had a profound impact on American poetry.

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Famous Margaret Walker Quotes

“Only ways you can keep folks hating is to keep them apart and separated from each other.”

Way Hate Folks

Book:Jubilee

Source: Jubilee

“White folks needs what black folks got just as much as black folks needs what white folks got, and we's all got to stay here mongst each other and git along, that's what.”

Needs Black Justice White Folks

Book:Jubilee (50th Anniversary Edition)

Source: Jubilee (50th Anniversary Edition)

About the Author

Born: July 6, 1915
Died: November 30, 1998
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 23

Books & Sources

This Is My Century: New and Collected PoemsRelated source material

Jubilee (50th Anniversary Edition)Related source material

Fields Watered with Blood: Critical Essays on Margaret WalkerRelated source material

Conversations with Margaret WalkerRelated source material

A poetic equation: conversations between Nikki Giovanni and Margaret WalkerRelated source material

How I Wrote Jubilee and Other Essays on Life and LiteratureRelated source material

JubileeRelated source material

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