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Living in a White World

Passionate about black culture, Jones feels it's been ignored for too long by the...

07/07/1993

Portrait

Living in a White World

Clip: 7/7/1993 | 4m 15sVideo has Closed Captions

Passionate about black culture, Jones feels it's been ignored for too long by the...

Passionate about black culture, Jones feels it's been ignored for too long by the majority culture. But he stands between both worlds having been married twice to white women.

07/07/1993

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Interviewing William Shockley

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Clip: 7/7/1993 | 6m 52s | Jones interviewed William Shockley, who was described by some as racist because of... (6m 52s)

A Successful Way Out

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Clip: 7/7/1993 | 7m 31s | Not knowing how to do anything else, Jones enjoyed writing essay's and had a gift for... (7m 31s)

Writing and Fatherhood

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Clip: 7/7/1993 | 8m 8s | It took hard times to become a good artist as well as a father. The abuse he suffered... (8m 8s)

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