Alice Walker: What's in a Name

Alice Walker talks about her great-great-great-great-grandmother's journey.  More

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.

AIR DATE 2/7/14