Brown, Carolyn J. <br/><br/>
Song of My Life :  A Biography of Margaret Walker. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (162 pages) 
<br/><br/>Cover -- CONTENTS -- AUTHOR'S NOTE -- 1. Childhood: Creativity on Display -- 2. Education: New Orleans and Chicago -- 3. Chicago: Richard Wright and the South Side Writers' Group -- 4. Chicago: Life after Northwestern -- 5. Iowa: Writing "For My People" -- 6. Writing Jubilee: A Balancing Act -- 7. Finishing Jubilee: Back to Iowa -- 8. Returning Home: Establishing the Institute for the Study of the History, Life, and Culture of Black People -- 9. Legal Battles: The Cases against Alex Haley and Ellen Wright -- 10. Final Years: Awards, Recognitions, and Unfinished Work -- AFTERWORD: The Legacy of Margaret Walker -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- APPENDIX 1 Chronology of Margaret Walker's Life -- APPENDIX 2 List of Major Published Works -- APPENDIX 3 Major Honors and Awards -- APPENDIX 4 Major Adaptations, Recordings, Editions, Dramatic Performances, and Artwork Inspired by Margaret Walker's Work -- ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE NOTES -- SOURCE NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- CREDITS -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y. 
<br/><br/> The first biography of the much admired author of the novel Jubilee and the poem "For My People". 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781626740792 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Walker, Margaret,--1915-1998.<br/>African American women authors--Biography.<br/>African Americans--Intellectual life--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS3545.A517 B769 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>812/.52