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Intriguing role: James Earl Jones, in Toronto for the film festival, plays Few Clothes Johnson who led a crew of black laborers brought in to work the mines in Matewan
Intriguing role: James Earl Jones, in Toronto for the film festival, plays Few Clothes Johnson who led a crew of black laborers brought in to work the mines in Matewan

Intriguing role: James Earl Jones, in Toronto for the film festival, plays Few Clothes Johnson who led a crew of black laborers brought in to work the mines in Matewan

Date9/14/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: Intriguing role: James Earl Jones, in Toronto for the film festival, plays Few Clothes Johnson who led a crew of black laborers brought in to work the mines in Matewan.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0058410F
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