Willie Walker and Minnie Grant, two sharecroppers in Eatonton, Georgia. Her parents'

experiences with the oppressive sharecropping system and the bitter racism of Southern

whites greatly influenced her writing. Her first novel, The Third Life of Grange Copeland,

deals with the struggles of black sharecroppers in the racist South. When Walker was

eight, one of her brothers accidentally shot her and permanently blinded her in one eye.

Ashamed of her facial disfigurement, Walker iso

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Alice Walker, Lawrence College, South Walker, Eatonton Georgia, Grange Copeland, Rights Movement, Spelman College, alice walker, Minnie Grant, people progress, people don't, blinded eye,
Approximate Word count = 387
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)