by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson)
Today, on World Purple Day (which began in 2008 to increase awareness around epilepsy), we share a quote from Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author Alice Walker in our GBN Daily Drop podcast.
It’s based on the Saturday, March 26 entry in “A Year of Good Black News” Page-A-Day®️ Calendar for 2022:
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SHOW TRANSCRIPT:
Hey, this Lori Lakin Hutcherson, founder and editor in chief of goodblacknews.org, here to share with you a daily drop of Good Black News for Saturday, March 26th, 2022, based on the “A Year of Good Black News Page-A-Day Calendar”, published by Workman Publishing.
Today, on World Purple Day, which was started in 2008 to increase worldwide awareness around epilepsy, we offer a quote from Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author Alice Walker:
“I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don’t notice it.”
That quote of course, is from Walker’s acclaimed 1982 novel The Color Purple, a phrase and a title she will forever be remembered for. It was recently announced that The Color Purple, having already been a successful movie directed by Steven Spielberg in 1985, oh, it was also a Tony Award-winning 2005 Broadway sensation that has had numerous revivals… well, now The Color Purple will become a 2023 movie musical based on the Broadway version.
And it will star Fantasia, Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, Ciara, Halle Bailey, Coleman Domingo, Corey Hawkins and H.E.R., among others.
This has been a daily drop of Good Black News, based on the “A Year of Good Black News Page-A-Day Calendar for 2022,” published by Workman Publishing.
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Sources:
- https://alicewalkersgarden.com
- https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/alice-walker
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/alice-walker-b-1944/
- https://www.biblio.com/alice-walker/author/248
- https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/02/02/oprah-winfrey-the-color-purple-cast-musical
- https://ew.com/movies/color-purple-cast-new-old/
- https://www.broadway.com/buzz/184083/songwriters-stephen-bray-brenda-russell-allee-willis-on-how-god-alice-walker-and-how-to-books-helped-them-write-the-color-purple/
- https://broadwaymusicalhome.com/shows/colorpurple.htm
- https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Color-Purple
Author Alice Walker -A great writer and possibly a greater activist. I got close to wearing the right color (purple) for this day of observance. Most of my outfit is blue.