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Tags: "Miss Celie's Pants" • Africa • Albert • Alice Walker • Allee Willis • Allison Semmes • August Wilson • Black soldiers • Brenda Russell • Broadway • brutality • Celie • Church Lady Darlene • Church Lady Doris • Church Lady Jarene • D. Kevin Williams • Dayna Jarae Dantzler • Deaun Parker • Donald Byrd • Edward C. Smith • Evelyn C. White • Gabriel • Harpo • Lee Edward Colston II • Mister • Nesha Ward • Nettie • Ntozake Shange • Orpheum • Pa • Pam Trotter • Paramount Theatre • Red Cross • San Jose • San Jose Civic Auditorium • Sankofa • segregation • Shug • slavery • Sophia • Squeak • Stephen Bray • Tanita S. Davis • Tyler Perry • Virlinda Stanton • Wanda Sabir • “African Homeland" • “Alice Walker: A Life" • “Any Little Thing" • “Big Dog" • “Fences” • “For Colored Girls" • “Hell No!” • “I’m Here" • “Mare’s War" • “Miss Celie’s Pants” • “Money really can’t buy happiness" • “Shug Avery is Coming to Town" • “Somebody Gonna Love You" • “The Color Purple” • “What about Love"

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