1. Gaines
In 1971 he wrote the Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, made by CBS into the Emmy Awards winning television film starring Cicely Tyson. ... The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman is well over one hundred years old lady that relates a personal history that spans the time from the Civil War and slavery up through the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. ... In 1972 he got an award for The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and in 1984 for A Gathering of Old Men, award from Louisiana ...
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