[Eighty-three-year-old award winning actor James Earl Jones talks about his early life in rural Michigan].

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Eighty-three-year-old award winning actor James Earl Jones talks about being a farm kid and stutterer in rural Michigan and not wanting to talk to people. Jones says that his big break came when he landed a role in the Broadway play "The great white hope". An excerpt is heard of Jones' distinctive...

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Main Author:	Jones, James Earl
Corporate Author:	National Public Radio (U.S.)
Language:	English
Published:	[2014]
Subjects:	Jones, James Earl. Actors > Biography. Jones, James Earl > Childhood and youth. Jones, James Earl > Psychology. Biographical radio programs. Nonfiction radio programs.
Genre:	Biography. Biographical radio programs. Nonfiction radio programs.
Physical Description:	1 electronic audio file (4 min., 26 sec.) : digital, WAV file.
Format:	Audio Software

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