Hvem daterede Alice Walker?

Alice Walker (født 9. februar 1944) er en amerikansk forfatter.

Hun var det ottende og yngste barn af Minnie Tallulah Grant og Willie Lee Walker. Hun blev i sin barndom karakteriseret som forsigtig og blev yderligere meget genert pga. en ulykke, der gjorde hende blind på det øje og gjorde hende til offer for mange drillerier og misforståelser fra hendes families side. Dette skete i en alder af kun otte.

Alt dette ændrede sig dog 6 år senere, hvor en læge fjernede arvævet fra hendes øje, men selvom hun både blev kåret til afslutningsballets dronning (prom queen) og fik det højeste karaktergennemsnit i sin afgangsklasse (valedictorian), følte hun sig stadig som en outsider, og havde trang til i ensomhed at skrive og læse poesi. I 1961 begyndte hun på Spelman College, som er et højt anset universitet for afroamerikanske kvinder.

I løbet af de to år, hvor hun var i Atlanta, blev hun involveret i borgerettighedsbevægelsen, for derefter at flytte til Sarah Lawrence College i New York. Her fortsatte hun med at være involveret i borgerrettighedsbevægelsen og mødte i denne sammenhæng Martin Luther King Jr. Hun hjalp med at registrere sorte vælgere i Georgia, og disse oplevelser har blandt andet dannet grundlag for mange digte og foredrag. Hun har endvidere rejst i Afrika.

Tracy Chapman (born March 30, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter. She was signed to Elektra Records by Bob Krasnow in 1987. The following year she released her self-titled debut album, which became a commercial success, boosted by her appearance at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute concert, and was certified 6× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. The album received six Grammy Award nominations, including one for Album of the Year, three of which she won: Best New Artist, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for her single "Fast Car", and Best Contemporary Folk Album. In 2025, the album was preserved in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress.

In 1989, she released her second album, Crossroads, which earned her an additional Grammy Award nomination for Best Contemporary Folk Album. Her third album, Matters of the Heart, followed in 1992. Her fourth album, New Beginning, was released in 1995 and became another worldwide success. It was certified 5× platinum by the RIAA and yielded the hit single "Give Me One Reason", which earned her the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song.

Five years would pass before the release of her fifth album, Telling Stories (2000). Let It Rain and Where You Live followed in 2002 and 2005, respectively. Her most recent studio album, Our Bright Future, was released in 2008. The remastered compilation album Greatest Hits, which she curated, was released in 2015. In 2023, Chapman became the first black person to score a country number one with a solo composition, and to win the Country Music Association Award for Song of the Year, when Luke Combs covered her song "Fast Car".