Visual artists are people who usually create art for visual perception in drawing, sculpture, graphics and painting, while authors are people who write novels, essays and poems for reading and comprehension. When it comes to comparing Romare Bearden and Alice Walker, Romare Bearden was born in Charlotte North Carolina while Alice Walker was born in Eatonton, Georgia, both born in the South at the time of racial segregation in the South. Both move to New York to pursue their careers with Bearden moving to New York at a young age with his parents while Walker comes to New York later in life to complete his education. Bearden and Walker were both social workers in the New York metropolitan area while working on their craft and writing at nights and on weekends. Furthermore, their works were literally based on the lives of African Americans. Walker wrote about life and living as an African American and also abuse with African American families while Bearden painted about the living environment within African American communities. Both Walker and Bearden are civil rights activists. Walker during her undergraduate year at Spelman College in 1962 was invited by Martin Luther King to his home and later participated in “The March on Washington” in the year 1963. Meanwhile Bearden organized and formed an artist group called Artist Collective Group to support the 1963. civil rights movement led by Martin Luther King. Another similarity between Bearden and Walker is the inspiration they generated from their travels out of the country in their works. Bearden developed maturity in his working style after his travels to Paris and other European countries where he was able to master the collage technique. While Walker was... in the center of the card... t. New York, NY: Harper.Fraser, G. (1988, March 13). Romare Barden, collagist and painter. New York Times. Retrieved May 18, 2014, from www.nytimes.com/1988.Watkins, M. (1982, July 25). Some Letters to God. New York Times. Retrieved May 20, 2014, from www.nytimes.com/books/98/10/04/walker-clor.Bobo, J. (1988, February 4). Critical responses. Jump cut, 14(33), 43-51. Retrieved May 17, 2014, from www.ejumpcut.org/archive/articles.Wilson, A. (1988). From chaos to collage. Retrieved May 21, 2014, from www.augustwilson.net/romare-bearden.Poetry Foundation (n.d.). Alice walker. Retrieved May 22, 2014, from www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/alice-walker.Walker, A. (1982). The color purple. San Diego, CA: Hartcourt.Bearden, R. (n.d.). American painter. Retrieved May 6, 2014, from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/57386/Romare-Bearden.