Legacy and Honors
- Honorary doctorates from Virginia Union University and Princeton University
- 1993 – Ebony magazine named Rev. Dr. Walker as one of "The 15 Greatest Black Preachers".
- 2005 – The Sisulu Children’s Academy—Harlem Public Charter School was renamed the Sisulu-Walker Charter School of Harlem, in honor of his community leadership.
- 2007, students in Norfolk, Virginia produced and performed a show entitled Walking with Walker.
- 2008, Walker was inducted into the International Civil Rights Walk of Fame at the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site.
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