Much loved and supported by her teachers and community, she graduated the valedictorian of her high school class. It was from her observations of these subtle animals that Walker learned about patience, integrity, and stillness. In addition to being farmers, her family also tended large herds of cows. She believes this role is an ancient, honorable tradition that all families once understood, but has long since passed from our collective memory.Īlice Walker was born on Februin Eatonton, Georgia, the eighth child of African American sharecroppers. As an adult, Walker functioned as a healer to her family, employing a medicine bundle that contained aspects of their collective stories, poems, and songs suitable for healing both the family and the community at large. Walker listened intently to the whispered memories, dreams, joys, complaints, and sufferings that swirled around her as a child. It is Alice Walker's belief that in every generation each family on Earth gives birth to its own "healers." She believes this has been her role in her own family. On the occasion of her induction, Alice Walker graciously contributed the following biographical remarks:
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