Margaret Walker
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Margaret Walker 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 whic
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Roots: The Saga of an American Family is a 1976 novel written by Alex Haley. It tells the story of Kunta Kinte, an 18th-century Mandinka, captured as an adolescent, and transported to North America. I
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…received a Candace Award from the National Coalition of 100 Black Women in 1989. In 1978, Margaret Walker sued Alex Haley, claiming that his 1976 novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family had violated Jubilee's copyright by borrowing from her novel. The case was dismissed. In 1991, Walker was sued by Ellen Wright, the widow of Richard…
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Historical marker in front of Alex Haley's boyhood home in Henning, Tennessee (2007)
Alex Haley's boyhood home. His grave is beside the house.
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