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November 3, 2010
Tyler Perry got the last word when it came to For Colored Girls, but powerful black women have played integral roles in the play's journey from stage to screen.
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by Helena Andrews onOctober 25, 2010
Tyler Perry told the women of The View that For Colored Girls haunted him. But did it haunt someone else first?
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by Nsenga Burton onAugust 5, 2010
There's a reason Tyler Perry and Lee Daniels are the ones we see making movies about the lives of African-American women.
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May 31, 2009
NeNe Leakes has a book deal, Kanye's a nonreading author, Oprah apologizes to James Frey and Halle joins the cast of "For Colored Girls."
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