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Thursday 22 November 2012

Acting Classes Seattle

ames Earl Jones was born in (1910–2006), an actor, boxer, butler, and chauffeur who left the family shortly after James Earl's birth, and his wife Ruth (Connolly) Jones, a teacher and maidnes and his father reconciled many years later. Jones was raised by his maternal grandparents, farmers John Henry and Maggie Connolly. He is multiracial, with , and ancestry.Jones describes his grandmother, Maggie, as "the most racist person I have ever known", thus forcing him to develop his own independent thinking. His grandmother was of, and black ancestryHe moved to his grandparents' farm in when he was five, but the transition was traumatic and he developed a so severe he refused to speak. When he moved to in later years, a teacher at the Brethren schools helped him over his stutter. He remained functionally or eight years, until he entered high school. He credits his English teacher, Donald Crouch, who discovered he had a gift for writing poetry, with helping him end his silence.rouch believed forced would help Jones gain confidence and insisted he recite a poem in class every day.