Based on the poem by Edward Smyth Jones, "Behind the Bars" tells the story of Jones' life of oppression, moving from his early childhood, when he began writing, through the prejudice he faced as an African-American intellectual, through to...See moreBased on the poem by Edward Smyth Jones, "Behind the Bars" tells the story of Jones' life of oppression, moving from his early childhood, when he began writing, through the prejudice he faced as an African-American intellectual, through to the end of his life, when his writing became instrumental to depicting the life of his community, previously ignored.
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