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.

Fame didn't always translate to fortune; Hurston never made even $1,000 on a single book. Later she was shunned for her ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. When her third novel, The Color ...

Paris Alston revisits a conversation with Alice Walker, acclaimed author of The Color Purple. In this installment of Rooted Remembers, Paris Alston revisits a conversation with author Alice Walker, ...

It’s hard to believe it’s been 40 years since “The Color Purple” hit theaters on Dec. 18, 1985. The film, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover and Oprah Winfrey, was a screen adaptation of Alice ...

©2010 by Alice Walker I do not believe in war at all; although I am as capable of anger as anyone. To me war is something to be outgrown, recognized as immature, wasteful and so destructive to life ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Photograph of Beverly Buchanan and ...