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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:Poet
Essayist
Novelist
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gptkbp:associatedWith
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gptkb:Jackson_State_University
gptkb:Chicago_Black_Renaissance
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Letters_Award
gptkb:Langston_Hughes_Medal
gptkb:Gwendolyn_Brooks_Award
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gptkbp:birthPlace
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gptkb:Birmingham,_Alabama
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gptkbp:born
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July 7, 1915
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gptkbp:children
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gptkb:Margaret_Walker_Alexander
gptkb:Eugene_Walker_Jr.
gptkb:John_Walker
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gptkbp:died
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November 30, 1998
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gptkbp:education
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gptkb:Columbia_University
gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkb:Northwestern_University
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gptkbp:famousQuote
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"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
"I am a poet, and I am a woman."
"The future is not a gift, it is an achievement."
"We are the ones we have been waiting for."
"For my people, I sing."
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gptkbp:genre
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gptkb:African_American_literature
Historical fiction
Poetry
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Margaret Walker
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gptkbp:influenced
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African_American_writers
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:W.E.B._Du_Bois
gptkb:Langston_Hughes
gptkb:Zora_Neale_Hurston
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gptkbp:knownFor
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Civil rights activism
Literary contributions
Cultural heritage advocacy
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gptkbp:nationality
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American
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gptkbp:notableWork
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Jubilee
For My People
The Copper Sun
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gptkbp:occupation
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Professor
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Eugene_Walker
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