The Color Purple abides not only as a literary achievement but as a cultural landmark, its echoes felt in classrooms, theatres and film screens around the world.

Amazon has the original Alice Walker novel available for just $11 right now — 34% off its list price. Released in 1982, “The Color Purple” was a groundbreaking novel, hailed for its depiction of the ...

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The Color Purple is about the survival of Black women in a male-dominated world. Author Alice Walker said that she just wrote what happens in the real world. The book has been made into a film and a ...

Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson and Danielle Brooks are among the cast for the new movie, adapted from the Tony-winning stage musical. Both the first movie and the stage musical are tough acts to ...

“The Color Purple” is a work that has resonated with the Black community, especially Black women who have overwhelmingly supported the book, the original 1985 film and the Broadway shows. They will ...

If you get restless near the beginning of the musical version of "The Color Purple," rest assured: It improves. Even more than Steven Spielberg's original "Color Purple" film, the musical has ...

Why is Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple” banned in Texas prisons, but Adolf’s Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” is allowed? Also on the banned list? “Beekeeping for Dummies,” dozens of comic books and multiple ...

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