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| Title | Margaret Walker, 1942 |
| Description | Margaret Walker's first book of poetry, For My People, published in 1942, was the winner of the prestigious Yale University Younger Poet's Award. This publicity photograph appeared on the dust jacket of the first edition. A student at Northwestern University and an active participant in the South Side Writers Group in the 1930's, Walker left Chicago in 1939. |
| Neighborhood/Street | Bronzeville (Chicago, Ill.)
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| Subject.TGM1 | Poets
Women
Authors
Minorities
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| Subject.LCSH | Walker, Margaret, 1915-1998 -- Photographs
African American women poets -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Photographs
Young women -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Photographs
Walker, Margaret, 1915-1998 -- For my people
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| Photographer/Artist | Unknown
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| DateOfOriginal | 1942 |
| Time Period | 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949 |
| Identifier | http://www.chipublib.org/digital/chiren/literaturemargaret.html |
| Repository Name | Chicago Public Library, Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection
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| Repository Number | PHOTOGRAPH WD-CPL HARSH Hall Branch Archives 050 |
| Collection | Hall Branch Archives
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| Rights | http://www.chipublib.org/aboutcpl/cplpolicies/policies/photo_reproduct.php |
| Type | Image; |
| Format | jpeg |
| Original format | Portrait photographs
Publicity photographs
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| Size | 4.5 x 6.0 in. |
| Subject.LOCAL | literature
writers/artists/musicians/actors
women
African Americans
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