Alice Walker Famous writers are everywhere, but what are they famous for. People may know Alice Walker as a famous writer, but what was she famous for? When I ask questions about Alice Walker, some can only provide a few vital statistics and others simply shrug and say, "I don't know." In my research article I will provide some brief facts about Alice Walker and also answer some questions. Questions like “What did Alice Walker do to make her a famous writer?” “What obstacles did she have to overcome to become a popular writer?” and "How is Alice Walker now?" These are some of the most frequently asked questions that I will answer in this research paper. Who is Alice Walker? Her full name is Alice Malsenior Walker. She was born on February 9, 1944 in Eatonton, Georgia. He was the eighth youngest child of Minnie Tallulah Grant Walker and Willie Lee Walker. His parents were poor sharecroppers. In the summer of 1952 Alice Walker was blinded in her right eye by a BB gun bullet while playing “Cowboys and Indian” with her brother. When she graduated from high school in 1961, she was her school's valedictorian and was prom queen that year. He attended Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia on a scholarship. While at Spelman as a freshman, Alice Walker participated in civil rights demonstrations. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. invited her to the World Youth Peace Festival in Helsinki, Finland. After attending the conference he began to love traveling and meeting many people and cultures around the world. She traveled to Washington DC to participate in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. He was also there to hear Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" speech. He returned to Spelman College for his senior year. He found out he had received a scholarship to Sarah Lawrence College in New York. Walker planned to stay at Spelman, but after her teacher encouraged her to attend Sarah Lawrence, she decided to take on the challenge. At Sarah Lawrence, Walker enjoyed the teaching of poetry by Muriel Ruykeyser and writer Jane Cooper who cultivated her interest and talent for writing. What did Alice Walker do to make her a famous writer? It all started during her senior year at Sarah Lawrence, where she realized she was pregnant. She was so scared... at the center of the card... about the change in society, and I couldn't help but grow. It was simply inevitable that if I looked out and saw people in all their radiant fighting beauty, then I would be stuck with love for them” (Sealeve, 1998). In this conversation, I discovered that Walker has found his inner self and is trying to help others find themselves in this painful world. This conversation is about Walker's experience in life, but I also found that he realized that the experience was worth having because he discovered that life is hard and if you stay tough you can make it. Walker felt pain in this world then, but time has passed and now she feels good about herself and tries to make her word heard by people. Bibliography1. Bloom, Harold. Alice Walker: (Modern Critical Views, Series 2). January 1992.2. Gates, Henry Louis and K. A. Appiah. Alice Walker: Critical Perspectives Past and Present. January 1993.3. Kramer, Barbara. Alice Walker: Author of Color Purple (People to Know series). August 1995.4. McLeod, Melvin. “A wind through the heart”. Shambhala Sun. August 1998.http://www.shambhalasun.com/alice.html.