The liberation of L.B. Jones

by William Wyler, Ronald Lubin, Stirling Silliphant, Jesse Hill Ford · 2011

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Lord Byron Jones is a black businessman who owns a successful undertaking business, and is married to the very young and desirable Emma. His ability to cooperate with the white community is clearly an asset in the genteel town of Somerset, Tennessee. When Emma has an affair with a white policeman, divorce ensues and the stage is set for high drama.

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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
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cheatingcheatingMore like thisLess of thisdivorcedivorceMore like thisLess of thisraceraceMore like thisLess of thisrelationshipsrelationshipsMore like thisLess of this
Setting
20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisAmerican SouthAmerican SouthMore like thisLess of thisTennesseeTennesseeMore like thisLess of this
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adult
Length
short · 103 pages

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