When I was three and Bailey four, we had arrived in the musty little town, wearing tags on our wrists which instructed – ‘To Who
m It May Concern’ – that we were Marguerite and Bailey Johnson Jr. … Negro passengers, who always traveled with loaded lunch boxes, felt sorry for ‘the poor little motherless darlings’ and plied us with cold fried chicken and potato salad. Which of the following BEST describes the cultural context of this memoir A)life of African-Americans in rural South of 1940s
B)train travel in 1940s American rural South
C)cotton-picking methods in 1940s American rural South
D)voting traditions of African-Americans in 1940s American rural South
The theme of this story is that not everyone gets a happily ever after. We continue to go through trials and tribulations that test us and how grounded we are. There is no one moment which leads to peace afterwards.