The Color Purple tells the struggles and tragedies of Celie Harris, a Black girl living in Deep South America in the 1900s, and is a reimagination of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker, ...

It’s pretty much impossible to avoid “The Color Purple” in a Black household. The film adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is quoted to death throughout popular culture: ...

Some characters stay with readers long after the final page, not because they are perfect, but because they teach us what endurance truly means. Celie, the heart of Alice Walker’s 'The Color Purple', ...

Did you know that the “P” in Taraji P. Henson stands for Prolific? Just kidding. It actually stands for Penda, which in Swahili means “hope/love.” But prolific might actually be too small a word to ...

Alice Walker’s award-winning novel, The Color Purple, has been at the forefront of conversations about Black trauma since its initial release in 1982. The story, about a young Black girl living in ...

There’s a gorgeous scene late in the second act of The Color Purple, currently onstage at Nashville Repertory Theatre. Here, the set’s towering back wall slowly opens to reveal a warm, shimmering glow ...

Chicago loves Celie, Sofia and Shug Avery, and has embraced “The Color Purple,” the 2005 Broadway musical based on both the beloved Alice Walker novel of strife, resilience and triumph in rural ...

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