Author and activist Alice Walker
Alice Walker, critically acclaimed Pulitzer Prize winning author of the "Color Purple" and has written several other novels, including "The Temple of My Familiar" and "Possessing the Secret of Joy" (which featured several characters and descendants of characters from The Color Purple) and has published a number of collections of short stories, poetry, and other published works. Alice Walker's high level of commitment to activism begins with maintaining women's rights to ending wars.