A Lesson Before Dying
Season 22 Episode 5 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
In A Lesson Before Dying, Ernest J. Gaines writes about justice, southern style.
In A Lesson Before Dying, Ernest J. Gaines writes about justice, southern style. He wrote the book in 1993 and it reflects the African American experience and the oral tradition of his rural Louisiana childhood. Later his book was made into a movie featuring Cicely Tyson. Alfred Guillaume and host Gail Martin talk about the fictional town of Bayonne, the area where his grandpa...
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Dinner & A Book is a local public television program presented by PBS Michiana
A Lesson Before Dying
Season 22 Episode 5 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
In A Lesson Before Dying, Ernest J. Gaines writes about justice, southern style. He wrote the book in 1993 and it reflects the African American experience and the oral tradition of his rural Louisiana childhood. Later his book was made into a movie featuring Cicely Tyson. Alfred Guillaume and host Gail Martin talk about the fictional town of Bayonne, the area where his grandpa...
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