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• In cotton-picking time the late afternoons revealed the harshness of Black Southern life, which in the early morning had been softened by nature’s blessing of grogginess, forgetfulness and the soft lamplight.
• anachronism
• A light shade had been pulled down between the Black community and all things white, but one could see through it enough to develop a fear-admiration-contempt for the white ‘things’ – whitefolks’ cars and white glistening houses and their children and their women. But above all, their wealth that allowed them to waste was the most enviable. They
• generosity in the Negro neighborhood, it was indulged on pain of sacrifice.
• Whatever was given by Black people to other Blacks was most probably needed as desperately by the donor as by the receiver. A fact which made the giving or receiving a rich exchange.