Alice Walker

With Larry Moore by her side, Rebecca Walker is emotionally taken by seeing her father’s handwritten inscription inside the front cover of her mother Alice Walker’s first book, a collection of poems published in 1968. IAN TOCHER/Staff

With Larry Moore by her side, Rebecca Walker is emotionally taken by seeing her father’s handwritten inscription inside the front cover of her mother Alice Walker’s first book, a collection of poems published in 1968. IAN TOCHER/Staff

‘The Color Purple’ continues to entrance audiences

Ian Tocher
Thursday, April 3, 2025
A special, one-day encore presentation of the recently presented musical “The Color Purple,” based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Eatonton native Alice Walker, drew another sold-out crowd to The Plaza Arts Center on Sunday.Also attending was Walker’s daughter, Rebecca Walker, an acclaimed...
The Alice Walker mini-musuem sits to the right of the door inside the library and features a variety of signed books, books to read, history on Walker’s life, and a desk to write at. BAILEY MCCULLY/Staff

The Alice Walker mini-musuem sits to the right of the door inside the library and features a variety of signed books, books to read, history on Walker’s life, and a desk to write at. BAILEY MCCULLY/Staff

EPCL debuts Alice Walker mini-museum

Bailey Mccully
Thursday, October 12, 2023
The Eatonton-Putnam County Library (EPCL) unveiled on Oct. 3, its new Alice Walker Mini-Museum, featuring the life and works of Eatonton native Alice Walker.
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