Margaret Walker

Margaret Walker
Born	(1915-07-07)July 7, 1915 Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Died	November 30, 1998(1998-11-30) (aged 83) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation	Poet, novelist
Nationality	American
Notable works	For My People (1942) Jubilee (1966)
Spouse	Firnist Alexander
Children	4

Margaret Walker (Margaret Abigail Walker Alexander by marriage; July 7, 1915 – November 30, 1998) was an American poet and writer. She was part of the African-American literary movement in Chicago, known as the Chicago Black Renaissance. Her notable works include For My People (1942) which won the Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition, and the novel Jubilee (1966), set in the South during the American Civil War.