![]() ![]() Mos later, Nellie reflects on her family's time there. For over 2 weeks, all are held hostage & rioting consumes the streets: 38 dead, 100's injured, De facto segregation becomes more firmly rooted there. The family watch in horror as a friend drowns while white's hurl rocks at Colored swimmers trying to rescue him. Lake Michigan, a refuge for summer days, ignites racial rioting. Love finds that bribery opens or shuts doors as he struggles with his business. Underneath the refined exterior, Chicago is a city of secrets. ![]() Religion, becomes Nellie & Erma's deliverance. ![]() Home, once a large 2-story with trees, becomes a 2 room with a shared toilet. However, all that sustained the family in TN hold them together there. Life in Chicago even with less apparent segregation - isn't the promised land her family hoped. In order to find better treatment for his daughter, Mr. With his death, Erma Jean's voice abandons her. & while Nellie's father & uncle attempt to find the only Colored doctor in 2 counties - who's far away delivering twins Nellie & her sister Erma Jean watch Uncle Pace's life slip away. We recognize the fear in the adults' faces when the sheriff warns against reading NAACP materials. All discover, how whites live on one side of the only road, & Colored live on the other. The Author gradually exposes the prejudice & segregation existing even though slavery has been abolished over 50 years. Her family, Love, characterizes her comfortable, secure world in Bradford Corners, TN. An ordinary girl living extraordinary events. ![]()
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