Jesse L. Martin's Books That Made A Difference

Books That Made a Difference to Jesse L. Martin

O, The Oprah Magazine | From the November 2005 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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Law and Order actor Jesse L. Martin is blown away by Shakespeare and Zora Neale Hurston, awed by Quincy Jones and Langston Hughes, and moved by great black history.

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