Voidly · Verboten · Title
The Color Purple
Alice Walker · 1982 · original language en
The Color Purple has been banned or restricted in 3 countries, across 65 documented acts of censorship dating back to 1984.
Countries
3
Ban events
65
Earliest
1984
Actions
Banned, Restricted
Where The Color Purple is banned or restricted
| Country | Action | Years | Reason | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Banned · school | 2025 | Race / colonialism, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2025 | Immorality, Offensive language, Race / colonialism | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2025 | Immorality, Offensive language, Race / colonialism | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Immorality, Race / colonialism, Sexual content | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Race / colonialism, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Immorality, Offensive language, Race / colonialism | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Immorality, Offensive language, Race / colonialism | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Immorality, Race / colonialism, Sexual content | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Immorality, Race / colonialism, Sexual content | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Race / colonialism, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Race / colonialism, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Immorality, Offensive language, Race / colonialism | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Immorality, Race / colonialism, Sexual content | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Immorality, Race / colonialism, Sexual content | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Immorality, Race / colonialism, Sexual content | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Immorality, Offensive language, Race / colonialism | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Immorality, Race / colonialism, Sexual content | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Race / colonialism, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Immorality, Race / colonialism, Sexual content | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Immorality, Race / colonialism, Sexual content | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Race / colonialism, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Immorality, Offensive language, Race / colonialism | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Race / colonialism, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Immorality, Race / colonialism, Sexual content | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Immorality, Race / colonialism, Sexual content | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2023 | Race / colonialism, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2023 | Race / colonialism, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2023 | Immorality, Race / colonialism, Sexual content | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2023 | Race / colonialism, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2023 | Offensive language, Race / colonialism, Sexual content | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2023 | Immorality, Race / colonialism, Sexual content | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2023 | Race / colonialism, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2023 | Race / colonialism, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2023 | Immorality, Race / colonialism, Sexual content | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2023 | Race / colonialism, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2023 | Immorality, Race / colonialism, Sexual content | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2023 | Immorality, Race / colonialism, Sexual content | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2023 | LGBTQ+ content, Offensive language, Race / colonialism | link → |
| Israel | Banned · government | 2012 | — | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 1984 | Race / colonialism, Sexual content | link → |
| South Africa | Banned · government · historical | 1984 | Race / colonialism, Sexual content | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2025 | Race / colonialism, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2025 | Immorality, Race / colonialism, Sexual content | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2024 | Immorality, Offensive language, Race / colonialism | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2024 | Race / colonialism, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2024 | Immorality, Offensive language, Race / colonialism | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2024 | Immorality, Race / colonialism, Sexual content | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2024 | Immorality, Race / colonialism, Sexual content | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2024 | Immorality, LGBTQ+ content, Offensive language | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2024 | Offensive language, Race / colonialism, Sexual content | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2024 | Immorality, Race / colonialism, Sexual content | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2024 | Race / colonialism, Sexual content | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2024 | Race / colonialism, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2024 | Immorality, Race / colonialism, Sexual content | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2024 | Race / colonialism, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2024 | Immorality, Race / colonialism, Sexual content | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2023 | Race / colonialism, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2023 | Immorality, Race / colonialism, Sexual content | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2023 | Race / colonialism, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2023 | Race / colonialism, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2023 | Immorality, Race / colonialism, Sexual content | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2023 | Race / colonialism, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2023 | Race / colonialism, Sexual content, Violence | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2023 | Immorality, Race / colonialism, Sexual content | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2021 | LGBTQ+ content, Offensive language, Race / colonialism | link → |
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