African Americans literature is derived from their slave roots which consisted of slave stories and fables. Generally the slaves would view their stories in the same way as they viewed their music. Their literature and music spoke about their culture, racism, and oppression that they faced during this time era.The Color Purple by Alice Walker was a fictional novel which was based on black female lives in the 1930s. The book won a 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction award. Later The Color Purple was made into a film and a musical. Alice Walker, a previous student of Spellman College in the 1960s, credits Martin Luther King Jr. for her return to the south and becoming an activist for the Civil Rights Movement. Although Alice Walker is best known for her novel The Color Purple, she has also written numerous short stories and poetry. Attached you will find a clipping of the musical production The Color Purple which was produced by Oprah Winfrey, Scott Sanders and Quincy Jones. The musical opened on Broadway in 2005 and began touring in 2007.
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