Margaret Walker (1915–1998) (born as Margaret Alexander), African-American poet and writer
In 1975, Walker released three albums of poetry on Folkways Records - Margaret Walker Alexander Reads Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar and James Weldon Johnson and Langston Hughes; Margaret Walker Reads Margaret Walker and Langston Hughes; and The Poetry of Margaret Walker.
•
Wright v. Warner Books was dismissed by the district court, and this judgment was supported by the appeals court.
Wright v. Warner Books (1991) was a case in which the widow of the author Richard Wright (1908-1960) claimed that his biographer, the poet and writer Margaret Walker (1915-1998), had infringed copyright by using content from some of Wright's unpublished letters and journals.
Margaret Thatcher | Margaret Atwood | Walker, Texas Ranger | Walker Art Center | Margaret | Alice Walker | Margaret Mead | Jerry Jeff Walker | Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon | Margaret Weis | Princess Margaret | Margaret Cho | Walker | Princess Margaret Hospital | Johnnie Walker | Walker Art Gallery | Scott Walker | Margaret Mitchell | Margaret Bourke-White | Kara Walker | Clint Walker | Walker Cup | Margaret of Anjou | Margaret Court | Margaret Becker | Jimmy Walker | Robert Walker | Margaret Sullavan | Margaret Hodge | Bob and Margaret |
Writer Margaret Walker and musicians James Brown and John Coltrane proved to be major influences on his writing at this time.
On August 18, 2005, Warner's granddaughter, First Lieutenant Laura Margaret Walker, was killed in action in Delak, Afghanistan, making her the first female West Point graduate to die in combat.