A contemporary writer, living in a contemporary world, when she speaks of and for her people, older voices mingle with hers - the voices of ancestors and preachers Methodists who preached the word, the anonymous voices of many who lived and were forgotten and yet, out of bondage and hope, created lasting music. (Benet 3-4)For the purposes of this chapter, these words of Stephen Vincent Benet in his foreword to Margaret Walker's first volume of poetry, For My People (1942), are truly important. They give an idea of ​​the richness of the literary heritage from which Walker began to write and which she subsequently enriched. This chapter aims to explore these “anonymous voices” in Walker’s poetry, the cultural and literary legacies that influenced his writings. Margaret Walker's cultural heritage, like her biological heritage, dates back to her African and Caribbean ancestors. It's quite genetic, something she acquired at birth; which is totally there just by being African American. Echoes of ancient myths, lost history, mixed blood and complex identities appear with skin color and racial backgrounds. However, the anonymous voices that resonate in Walker's life and literature are not limited to his ancestral lands; they extend to every culture known to America, the only land it has ever known. From his birth to his death, Walker never left America; the predominantly white nation, whose culture is primarily derived from Europe. Walker was educated at white institutions and taught by white professors for a considerable portion of her life. She knew American and European well; and world history, philosophy and literature. She spoke English, French and German. She read European and Russian world literature....... middle of article ......ives in Post-StructuralCriticism. Ed. Jouse V. Harari. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1984. Spears, Monroe K. Dionysus and the City: Modernism in Twentieth-Century Poetry. New York: Oxford University Press, 1970. Traylor, Eleanor. "'Bolder Meauers Crashing Through': MargaretWalker's Poem of the Century." » Graham, Fields 110-138. Journal articles: Baraka, Amiri. “African-American Literature and Class Struggle.” Black American Literature Forum, Vol. 14, No. 1. (Spring 1980):5-14. JSTOR. Internet. May 6, 2007. Price, Kenneth. “Whitman’s Solutions to the ‘Negro Problem.’” Resources for American Literary Studies. Vol.15. (1985): 205-208. Turner, Darwin T. “Introductory Remarks on the Black Literary Tradition in the United States of America.” » Black American Literature Forum, Vol. 12, no. 4. (winter 1978): 140-177.JSTOR. Internet. May 5 2007.