“The Color Purple” premiered as a musical production in Eatonton, the birthplace of acclaimed author Alice Walker, who drew from local inspirations to construct the Pulitzer-Prize-winning stor ...

Known primarily for her iconic novel The Color Purple, Walker’s body of work continues to serve as a powerful commentary on race, gender, and the intersectionality of identity. With her ...

And in a kind of cultural déjà vu, a new breed of detractors have been up in arms, just as critics of "The Color Purple" were when Alice Walker's novel was released in 1982 and when Steven ...