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This clipping from an unidentified newspaper source provides readers with the author's perspective on and summary of the televised adaptation of Ernest Gaines' short story "The Sky is Gray." The text contains an analysis of the themes and the lesson…

A photo of a rundown house on the River Lake Plantation where Ernest Gaines grew up

This paper advertisement from The Guide newspaper's Februrary 15, 1981 issue invites readers to watch a 6:00 PM showing of The Sky Is Gray by author Ernest J. Gaines. The text contains a short plot summary, names the primary actors and the author,…

Augustine T. Wilson talks about her experience with her seventh-grade teacher, Mr. Ralph Williams

A tower of radios, all tuned to different stations and at the lowest volume possible. The tower is structured with the older, larger, more furniture type of radios at the bottom of the tower, and the smaller, more modern radios on the top of the…

Image of a small building with overgrown grass.

Prisoners are laboring under the watchful eye of a police officer,

This day dress has been carefully preserved by relatives of the original wearer, Marianne Maurice – seen wearing it in the painting along with a missing pelerine – for almost 180 years. Marianne lived from 1808-1840 and lived in England her entire…

This particular headdress, a type worn by initiates in the Kayapó name-giving ceremony called Bep, is constructed from the blue, brown, and striped feathers of the harpy eagle and bare-faced curassow. Along the upper arc, three sets of red macaw…