<Ul> <Li> 1993 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction </Li> <Li> October 1997 choice of Oprah's Book Club </Li> </Ul> <Li> 1993 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction </Li> <Li> October 1997 choice of Oprah's Book Club </Li> <P> On May 22, 1999 HBO premiered A Lesson Before Dying, which subsequently received two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Made - For - Television Movie and Outstanding Writing for a Mini-Series or Movie (South African writer Ann Peacock) and a Peabody Award . Don Cheadle portrays Grant, Mekhi Phifer portrays Jefferson, and Cicely Tyson is featured as Tante Lou . </P>

What lesson did grant learn in a lesson before dying