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| Considered one of the foremost African American writers of the century, this Northwestern alum (CAS, 1935) -- her father was a Methodist minister who also attended NU -- is the author of the 1984 bestseller, Jubilee, an intelligent tale of slavery in the Civil War era recently reprinted by Houghton Mifflin. Margaret Walker Alexander (she didn't use her married name for her written output) began writing poetry at the age of 15, while she was attending Northwestern, and later earned masters and doctoral degrees from the University of Iowa. Early in her career (1942), she became the first black writer to win the Yale Series of Younger Poets competition. After a brief period as a social worker, newspaper reporter and magazine editor, she began a 30-year teaching career in Jackson, MS. She served as a guide to many African American women artists, including Angela Jackson, who was a student during Walker's tenure as an adjunct professor at NU.
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