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On Being with Krista Tippett
It was brought up when discussing the weight of expectation placed on Barack Obama and the idea of a Black person representing an entire race. The interviewee referenced a scene where a man cries out for help from Joe Louis.
And this is captured in Ernest Gaines novel, lesson before dying.
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Episode: [Unedited] E. Ethelbert Miller with Krista Tippett
It was brought up when discussing the weight of expectation placed on Barack Obama and the idea of a Black person representing an entire race. The interviewee referenced a scene where a man cries out for help from Joe Louis.
And this is captured in Ernest Gaines novel, lesson before dying.
We hear a guy being sentenced to be executed and he's afraid of dying. At the last minute he yells out, help me Joe Lewis, help me Joe Lewis.