The Color Purple

The Color Purple is a 1982 novel by Alice Walker and the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. The book is about a woman who runs away with her abusive husband's mistress. This book is often argued to address many issues which are important to understanding African-American life during the early-mid 20th Century.

The book was made into a 1985 film by Steven Spielberg, starring Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Margaret Avery, and Oprah Winfrey. Music by Quincy Jones.