“For my people everywhere singing their slave songs repeatedly: their dirges and their ditties and their blues and their jubilees, praying their prayers nightly to an unknown god, bending their knees humbly to an unseen power.”

About Margaret Walker

Author • American

Margaret Walker was an influential American poet, novelist, and a key figure in African-American literature. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, she was a member of the Chicago Black Renaissance and her work often explored the...