The Color Purple, by Alice Walker, is a fictional story that took place in the South during the early to mid 1900's. ... In The Color Purple, Alice Walker leads protagonist Celie on a journey of self-discovery where she has to overcome different obstacles because of her gender, race, and class. ... The women in The Color Purple are all expected to abide by certain standards that differ from the men. ... White men felt superior to not only white women, but all men and women of color. ... The Color Purple, by Alice Walker paints a descriptive picture of a colored person during the Jim Cro...

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What is Color? You are wondering what it is to be a color? ... Is the color you are on the outside, the color you are on the inside? ... Not black or white, green, or even yellow with purple polka dots, color is a disguise of a person's character, which is the one true thing on this earth that is very much under appreciated. So what color are you? ...

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Oprah Gail Winfrey was born on January 29, 1954, in Kosciusko, Mississippi to an unmarried teenage mother. Her mother was a housemaid while her biological father was a coal miner who later became a barber and businessman. After having a troubled adolescence because of a sexual abuse she told her mot...

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Blacks in the entertainment business broke all color barriers but when they stepped out into the real world, they were the average person out on the street. ... Whites who were in this organization hated people that weren't their skin color. ... Another example of racism and sexism is the book, "The Color Purple" by Toni Morrison. ...

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Oprah was born on January 29, 1954, in Kosciusko, Mississippi. Her name was supposed to have been "Orpah," after a biblical figure in the book of Ruth. Her father is Vernon Winfrey Vernita Lee; her grandmother was Hattie Mae Lee. Winfrey was a precocious child who begged her kindergarten teac...

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• Grade Level: High School