Sister Act: Margaret Walker and Eudora Welty

Authors

Carolyn J. Brown

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Description

At the end of their lives, in the 1980s and ’90s, both Margaret Walker and Eudora Welty were recognized several times by their hometown and state for their long careers and bodies of work. The paths they traveled to reach this intersection of common recognition were quite different, however. Almost exact contemporaries -— Welty lived from 1909-2001 and Walker from 1915-1998 -— they share similar timelines and histories, both having lived through the Depression, World War II, and the civil rights movement. But as one was white and one was black, their stories are very different, as are their paths to becoming nationally known writers.

Publication Date

3-25-2015

Relational Format

journal article

Disciplines

American Studies | Food Studies | Photography | Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies

Recommended Citation

Brown, Carolyn J., "Sister Act: Margaret Walker and Eudora Welty" (2015). Study the South. 23.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/studythesouth/23

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