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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman is a 1971 novel by Ernest J. Gaines. The story depicts the struggles of Black people as seen through the eyes of the narrator, a woman named Jane Pittman. She tells of the major events of her life from the time she was a young slave girl in the American South at the end of the Civil War.
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman is an American television film based on the novel of the same name by Ernest J. Gaines starring Cicely Tyson as the titular heroine. The film was broadcast on CBS on Thursday , January 31, 1974 .
Arna W. Bontemps receives the Jane Addams Children's Book Award for Story of the Negro. He is the first African American to receive the award. 1958. Publication of Here I Stand, Paul Robeson's manifesto-autobiography. 1959. Motown Records is founded by Berry Gordy. A Raisin in the Sun, a play by Lorraine Hansberry, debuts on Broadway. 1960
Ernest Gaines, author of “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,” has been honored by the issuing of a U.S. postal stamp bearing his picture. Gaines who died three years ago in his hometown ...
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, CBS Television (1974) – Directors Guild of America Award, eight Emmy Awards, nominated for a BAFTA award [11] The Sky Is Gray, American Short Story Series, PBS (1980) A Gathering of Old Men, CBS Television (1987) A Lesson Before Dying, HBO (1999); winner, Emmy Award for Outstanding Made For Television Movie
Viola Davis is remembering her friend and mentor, Cicely Tyson. The Hollywood icon died at the age of 96 last month after a historic career. ET's Nischelle Turner spoke with Davis, 55, about Tyson ...
Tyson won three Primetime Emmy Awards for her work in television winning for, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974), and Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (1994). She won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play her performance in The Trip to Bountiful in 2014. Tyson won her Honorary Academy Award in 2018 with the inscription ...
John Korty (June 22, 1936 – March 9, 2022), [1] was an American film director and animator, best known for the television film The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and the documentary Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?, as well as the theatrical animated feature Twice Upon a Time.