Eric W. Maroney
Alice Walker
. Kali Films Ltd., 2013. Film.
This accessible and student friendly biography traces the social and political conditions that impacted Walker’s life including her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement and the march in Selma, AL
Friedan, Betty. "Statement of Purpose." National Organization for Women. October 29, 1966. Accessed July 27, 2015.
Excerpts of this statement are used in the sample lesson described above. The statement provides students with a primary source document that embodies one strain of feminist thought. This text can be use to help students develop a better understanding of the period that shapes Walker’s writing.
Mainardi, Pat. "The Politics of Housework." The Politics of Housework. 1970. Accessed July 27, 2015.
This article was originally published in
Redstockings
in 1970. The articles is referenced in the sample lesson described above. The article provides students with a primary source document that embodies one strain of feminist thought. This text can be use to help students develop a better understanding of the period that shapes Walker’s writing.
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
. MPI Home Video, 2011. Film.
This film uses archival footage from Swedish filmmakers and chronicles various voices and Black political though throughout the latter half of the civil rights movement. What makes this source so unique is that the footage is shot through a foreign eye and it included voices that are not typically part of the civil rights narrative that is presented to high school students. These first hand accounts are useful in helping students develop and understand of the various strains of political though that may have influenced Alice Walkers writing. A text based version of the material is also available.
"The Combahee River Collective Statement." The Combahee River Collective Statement. April 1, 1978. Accessed July 27, 2015.
Excerpts of this statement are used in the sample lesson described above. The statement provides students with a primary source document that embodies one strain of feminist thought. This text can be use to help students develop a better understanding of the period that shapes Walker’s writing.
Walker, Alice.
In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Womanist Prose
. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1983.
This collection of essays was written by Walker between 1966-1982. Selections may be used to help students examine the political thought that runs throughout The Color Purple.
Walker, Alice. "Muriel and I Had A Terrible Fight But Love Remained | Alice Walker | The Official Website for the American Novelist & Poet." Alice Walker The Official Website for the American Novelist Poet. 2015. Accessed July 24, 2015.
This video interview shows Alice Walker discussing the influences Muriel Rukeyser had on her life and writing. Walker met Rukeyser at Sarah Lawrence College and credits Rukeyser for help Walker get her first poems published.