Alice Walker

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Peace Ball Ilhan Omar, Cori Bush, Angela Davis
January 11, 2025
The star-studded Peaceball hosted by Busboys and Poets in Washington, D.C. returns for another year featuring Alice Walker and more.
December 27, 2023
The onscreen musical adaptation of the beloved Alice Walker novel had the second-biggest Christmas Day opening of all time.
Valerie Boyd
February 15, 2022
The acclaimed academic also edited an upcoming collection of journals by Alice Walker, who called her "one of the best…
December 3, 2021
This Saturday, the channel kicks off free streaming for a doubleheader match-up between Howard University and Hofstra University.
The Color Purple thegrio.com
August 25, 2020
Blitz Bazawule's using his expertise bringing aural masterpieces to life to effectively helm a film version of Broadway's take on…
Alice Walker theGrio.com
October 14, 2019
Alice Walker is finally breaking her silence about the British musical actress’ who was fired from Color Purple after making…
Alice Walker on MSNBC thegrio.com
October 17, 2018
Prolific author Alice Walker appeared on MSNBC’s “The Beat with Ari Melber” and broke down the root of President’s Donald…
February 6, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — Alice Walker, who turns 70 later this month, is thinking about her legacy...
November 13, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Founded in 2009 by three African-American women it’s grown from strength to strength, drawing a host of…
November 11, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - 'Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth', was one of a handful of special pre-festival screenings and talkbacks at…
October 11, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — Along with writing novels, stories, poems and essays, Alice Walker has been keeping a diary...
July 2, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation is calling on Alicia Keys to 'boycott apartheid' by…
June 6, 2013
OPINION - As unifying as much music can be, sometimes the people need more than just a song. Our stars…
May 22, 2013
OPINION - The Beyoncé Ms. cover story is sparking discussion about the intersection of race and gender and more specifically…
November 16, 2012
The series is the brainchild of NBCUniversal Cable entertainment chairman Bonnie Hammer, who created the Erase the Hate campaign when…
June 19, 2012
Alice Walker, the author of the acclaimed novel 'The Color Purple', has publicly forbid Israel from translating her award-winning book…
April 27, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A small but increasingly vocal group of 'gray-and-proud' African-American women are tired of pricey visits to the…
February 7, 2012
theGRIO Q&A - Rebecca Walker spoke to theGrio about her new book, Black Cool, and the tabloid media coverage that…
January 27, 2012
While it's hard to deny Beyonce's strangle-hold on pop culture during the last decade, Rutgers University lecturer Kevin Allred is…
December 15, 2011
SLIDESHOW - Since 'The Help' was based on a best-selling book, we got to thinking about other big screen adaptations…