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Louis Gossett, Jr.: An Actor & a Gentleman

Monday, November 8, 2010 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM (ET)

Boston, MA

Louis Gossett, Jr.: An Actor & a Gentleman

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An Actor and a Gentleman

Louis Gossett Jr. is one of the most respected African American stage and screen actors, who rose to fame with his Emmy-winning role in the television miniseries Roots and Oscar-winning performance in An Officer and a Gentleman.With writer Phyllis Karas, he relates his memoir on his fifty-plus years in the entertainment world, including his struggle to get fair pay as a black man in Hollywood, his addictions that took years to overcome, and his current work to eradicate racism and violence.


MONDAY, November 8, 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.spacer_white 
Rabb Auditorium, Boston Public Library

 

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Rabb Auditorium
Boston Public Library
700 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116

Monday, November 8, 2010 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM (ET)


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