In 1942, Margaret Walker won the Yale Series of Younger Poets Award for her poem For My People. This achievement marked the beginning of Margaret Walker's literary career that ran from the brink of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1930s to the height of the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s (Gates and McKay 1619). Through her fiction and poetry, Walker has become a leading voice in the African American community. His writing, particularly his author novel, Jubilee, exposes his readers to the plight of his race by describing the struggles of African Americans from the pre-Civil War period to the present and ultimately keeps this awareness relevant to society contemporary American. Margaret Walker was born on July 7, 1915 in Birmingham, Alabama to the Reverend Sigismund C. Walker and Marion Dozier Walker (Gates and McKay 1619). Her father, an erudite Methodist minister, passed on to her his passion for literature. Her mother, a music teacher, gave her an innate sense of rhythm through music and storytelling. Her parents not only provided her with a supportive environment throughout her childhood, but also emphasized the values ​​of education, religion, and black culture. Much of Walker's ability to write realistically about African American life can be traced back to his early exposure to his black heritage. Born in Alabama, she was deeply influenced by the Harlem Renaissance and received personal encouragement from Langston Hughes. During the Depression, she worked for the WPA Federal Writers Project and assisted Richard Wright, becoming his close friend and later biographer. In 1942, she was the first African American to win the Yale Younger Poets Award for her poem For My People (Gates and McKay 1619). His publishing career was interrupted by... halfway through the paper... it was meant to be shared, to be remembered; it was done without exception, done so that everyone could witness and remember a rich black history despite its brutality. Works CitedGates, Henry Louis and Nellie Y. McKay. The Norton Anthology of African American Literature. New York: W.W. Norton &, 1996. Print.Klotman, Phyllis. "'Oh Freedom': Women and History in Margaret Walker's Jubilee." Black American Literature Forum 11.4 (Winter 1977): 139-145. JSTOR. Web.8 December 2013. "Margaret Walker." The Poetry Foundation. Np, nd Web. 09 December 2013..McCray, Judith. “FOR MY PEOPLE: THE LIFE AND WRITING OF MARGARETWALKER.” California newsreel. Np, 1998. Web. 08 December 2013..Walker, Margaret. As I wrote Jubilee. Chicago: Third World, 1972. Print.