Slaves : a screenplay / by John O. Killens and Herbert J. Biberman, 1968.

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Slaves : a screenplay / by John O. Killens and Herbert J. Biberman, 1968.

The collection consists of the typed screenplay of "Slaves" by Killens and Biberman. The cast of the 1969 movie included Stephen Boyd, Ossie Davis, and Dionne Warwick. The drama begins on a Kentucky ranch where the owner is forced to sell his slaves to a cruel plantation owner in Mississippi.

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Killens, John Oliver, 1916-1987

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Killens, John Oliver (1916-1987), African American novelist, essayist, screenwriter, political activist, mentor and teacher. Killens was born on January 14, 1916, in Macon, Georgia, to Willie Lee Coleman and Charles Myles Killens, Sr. From the description of John Oliver Killens papers, 1937-1987. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79463301 The African American writer John Oliver Killens, a native of Macon, drew on his own encounters with racism to compose such works...

Biberman, H. J. (Herbert J.)

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