The Color Purple: Quick Facts

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Awards And Honors	Pulitzer Prize

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Whoopi Goldberg as Celie in The Color Purple, wearing a wide-brimmed hat and glasses, looks up while holding an open book in a church setting.

Oprah Winfrey as Sofia stands in a wooden doorway with one arm raised and her hand on her hip, wearing an apron and patterned skirt, in a scene from The Color Purple (1985).

The Colorful Life of The Color Purple Author Alice Walker

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