Black Excellence: Alice Walker
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Walker
Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker (born February 9, 1944)[2] is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist. In 1982, she became the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, which she was awarded for her novel The Color Purple.[3][4] Over the span of her career, Walker has published seventeen novels and short story collections, twelve non-fiction works, and collections of essays and poetry.