The Poetry of Margaret Walker

Margaret Walker was one of the most respected poets not only in the African American community but in America at large. Walker’s poems were first published in the 1930s when she was still a teenager and from there her popularity only grew. Walker’s poems tend to focus on themes surrounding Black culture such as her Ballad for Phyllis Wheatley which has enormous historical significance in the Black community and is featured on this collection.

Track Listing

101	Ballad for Phyllis Wheatley Margaret Walker	02:24
102	Harriet Tubman Margaret Walker	07:04
103	The Ballad of the Free Margaret Walker	02:52
104	Ballad of Hoppy Toad Margaret Walker	03:38
201	Epitaph for My Father Margaret Walker	14:45
202	Jackson, Mississippi Margaret Walker	04:00
203	We Have Been Believers Margaret Walker	03:30
204	For My People Margaret Walker	05:54