1. Alice Walker is blind in one eye.
2. Alice Walker and her husband had the first legal interracial marriage in Mississippi.
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- Photo Credit: Sandy Miller / Unsplash
3. Alice Walker helped the world rediscover Zora Neale Hurston.
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- Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons
4. Alice Walker even put a marker on Zora Neale Hurston’s grave.
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- Photo Credit: Courtesy of Zora Neale Hurston Papers
5. The Color Purple's Shug Avery was based on Ma Rainey.
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6. The Color Purple is being adapted into another movie.
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- Photo Credit: Warner Bros
