16 Facts About Rebecca Walker

Rebecca Walker was born on Rebecca Leventhal; November 17,1969 and is an American writer, feminist, and activist.

Rebecca Walker's writing, teaching, and speeches focus on race, gender, politics, power, and culture.

Rebecca Walker's work has appeared in publications including The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, Salon, Glamour, and Essence and has been featured on CNN and MTV.

Rebecca Walker's parents married in New York before going to Mississippi to work in civil rights.

Rebecca Walker identifies as Jewish, white and Black; her 2000 memoir is titled Black, White, and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self.

Rebecca Walker views teaching as a way to give people the strength to speak the truth, to change perspectives, and to empower people with the ability to change the world.

Rebecca Walker has spoken at Harvard, Exeter, Head Royce, Oberlin, Smith, MIT, Xavier, Stanford, and Louisiana State University.

Rebecca Walker has addressed organizations and corporations such as The National Council of Teachers of English, the Walker Art Center, the American Association of University Women, the National Women's Studies Association, Out and Equal, the National Organization for Women, and Hewitt Associates.

Rebecca Walker discusses encountering racial prejudice and the difficulties of being mixed-race in a society with rigid cultural barriers.

Rebecca Walker was criticized for her stigmatizing views on biological parenthood being superior to adoptive parenthood and adoptive parents boycotted her work.

Rebecca Walker's writing has been published in a range of magazines, such as Harper's, Essence, Glamour, Interview, Buddhadharma, Vibe, Child, and Mademoiselle magazines.

Rebecca Walker has appeared on CNN and MTV, and has been covered in The New York Times, Chicago Times, Esquire, Shambhala Sun, among other publications.

Rebecca Walker has taught workshops on writing at international conferences and MFA programs.

Rebecca Walker dated neo-soul musician Meshell Ndegeocello, whose son she helped raise even after their relationship ended.

Once estranged from her mother Alice Rebecca Walker, she has reconciled with her, and the two have since appeared at literary events together.

Rebecca Walker has received an honorary Doctorate from the North Carolina School of the Arts.