Alice Walker: What's in a Name

Name: Alice Walker: What's in a Name
Uploaded: 2014-02-04T21:35:22Z
Duration: P55S
Description: Alice Walker's great-great-great-great-grandmother was a slave who journeyed on foot with two babies on her hips, from Virginia to Eatonton, Georgia, which is considered Walker's ancestral home. In memory of that walk, Walker chose to keep and embrace her maiden name, Walker.

Clip: 02/07/2014 | 55s

Alice Walker's great-great-great-great-grandmother was a slave who journeyed on foot with two babies on her hips, from Virginia to Eatonton, Georgia, which is considered Walker's ancestral home. In memory of that walk, Walker chose to keep and embrace her maiden name, Walker.

Aired: 02/07/14

Rating: TV-14

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