Margaret Walker Alexander Receiving and Award

Creator

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Preferred Citation

"Margaret Walker Alexander Receiving and Award" (1980). Photographs. 178.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/mss-wilson-minor-photographs/178

Description

This black and white photograph features poet and writer, Margaret Walker Alexander, receiving an award in recognition for her "loyalty and service to the City of Jackson", Mississippi. Walker-Alexander is pictured wearing a brown dress and holding the plaque honoring her. She is standing beside a man dressed in a dark suit and necktie who is holding a small collage of photographs. A framed illustration of a city is hanging on the wall behind them.

Contributor(s)

Minor, Wilson F. "Bill"

Subjects

Writers; Women poets; Poets, Black; Photographs

Keywords

writers; Black writers; Black poets; Margaret Walker; Margaret Walker Alexander

Date

1980

Geographic Location

Mississippi

Object Type

image

Format (Original)

photograph

Format (Digital)

JPG

Digital ID

MFM_MSS-80_Minor-Photograph_80-7_001

Physical ID

80-07

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Division, Manuscripts Unit, Wilson F. (Bill) Minor Collection, Photographs

Repository

Manuscripts Unit

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.