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This A Black Writer in the South | American Masters: Alice Walker instructional video also includes:
Alice Walker discusses the influence the strong women in her family and her experiences growing up on a plantation in Eatonton, Georgia had on her writing. Part of the American Masters series, the short video includes images of her childhood home.
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- As part of their research into life in the American South in the 1940s and 50s have groups investigate the Supreme Court cases Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v Board of Education
Classroom Considerations
- Presumes class members have read Walker's The Color Purple
- One of three American Masters resources about Alice Walker
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- The resource includes the video, teaching tips, and discussion questions
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