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Toni Morrison and Alice Walker are among the most outstanding female African-American writers in Contemporary American Literature. Their works have been popular since 1960s to now. Although Walker and Morrison grew up under different family environments, they had the same experience of witnessing African-American women’s movements in last Century; therefore, they reached an agreement on writing thoughts and contents. For instance, they both referred to Racism, Sexism and "Womanism"in many of their works. This dissertation studies about the two authors’difference and sameness descriptions on African-American women’s identities, social status, rights, powers and fates,and to express their self-consciousness and bright prospection after experiencing the most painful encounters through comparative study on two of their short stories-Everyday Use and Recitatif.