Alice Walker

Alice Walker wrote in the 1960s time period. Three major historical events that took place during this time period were the War in Vietnam, the plan to go up in space and the racism with the African Americans. This time period influence their poetry because during does events they were alive and they have experience of what they have seen and the problems she has face. Her background may experience her poetry because she faced allot of problems during the slavery and she saw allot of violence that she had to express her feelings about.