Margaret Walker Alexander Visits the Carnegie Center

Original Title

Margaret Walker Alexander Visits FAMU

Devised Title

Margaret Walker Alexander Visits the Carnegie Center

Date

1981

Creator

Florida A&M University Office of the Rattler See all items with this value

Contributor

Dale Thomas

Description

Margaret Walker was a poet best known for her role in the Chicago Black Renaissance, a Black literary movement. Her first poetry collection, For My People, won the Yale Series of Younger Poets Award, making her the first Black woman to do so. 1981, she visited the Carnegia Center, a.k.a Carnegie Library, at the Meek-Eaton Black Archives.

Primary Subject

c. 1900-1999 See all items with this value

HBCU campus life See all items with this value

Literature See all items with this value

Recreation See all items with this value

Location

Tallahassee

Leon County

Florida

United States of America

Type

Photograph

Medium

Paper

Ink

Additional Techniques

Photography

Measurements

L:28cm x W:21.5cm

Format

JPEG

HBCU Identifier

AR_0007_006_001_1981

HCAC Identifier

HCAC.FAMU.0060

Rights

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Contributing Institution

Florida A&M University

Source

History of FAMU Collection

Collection

FAMU Yearbooks See all items with this value

Language

English

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