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James Earl Jones - Actor
Stephen Sackur meets one of America's most respected actors, James Earl Jones. How hard has the journey from segregation era Mississippi to Oscar winning acheivement been?
Stephen Sackur meets one of America's most respected actors James Earl Jones, as he appears on the London stage in Driving Miss Daisy alongside Vanessa Redgrave. His is an extraordinary story. Born into rural poverty in Mississippi in the era of segregation, he made his debut on Broadway back in the 1950s. Last month he received an honorary Oscar for a lifetime of cinematic achievement. These days, black American success on stage and screen is not unusual, but how hard has the journey been?
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