Facts about The Color Purple

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   Banned book lists have frequently included The Color Purple due to its frank depictions of abuse, sexuality, and use of dialect.

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   A Broadway musical adaptation of The Color Purple opened in 2005 and was revived in 2015, earning Tony Awards for Best Revival of a Musical.

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   Set in rural Georgia during the early 20th century, The Color Purple follows Celie, a Black woman who endures abuse and finds strength through relationships with other women.

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   Steven Spielberg directed the 1985 film adaptation of The Color Purple, which starred Whoopi Goldberg in her feature film debut.

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   Alice Walker's epistolary novel The Color Purple won both the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award in 1983.

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