Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple, leads an audience of over 200 writers, poets, teachers and students in dancing to Al Green's Love and Happiness at the conclusion of her talk at the Phillis Wheatley Poetry Festival in Jackson, Miss., Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. The festival was held as the 50th Anniversary Reconvening of the Festival that featured Black women writers and poets. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)