Sanctuary, 114 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Sat, 2014-09-27 13:35
Text: 
Sanctuary
Location: 
County Jail in Sanctuary (Location)
Page Number: 
114
Order within Page: 
3
First 8-10 words of event: 
He would lean in the window in the evening
Page Event Ends: 
115
Era: 
The Twenties (1920-1929)
Characters Present: 
Unnamed Boys and Negroes
Unnamed Garage Men
Unnamed Negro Murderer
Unnamed Negroes Outside Jail
Unnamed White People Outside Jail
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Monday, April 1, 1929 to Sunday, May 12, 1929
Summary: 

In the evenings the convicted Negro murderer being held in the jail sings spirituals from the jail window. White people stop and listen while groups of black men gather along the fence to sing with him.

Chronological Order: 
30.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Music_Spirituals Singing Listening
Environment:
Public›Jail
Actions:
Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Singing
Cultural Issues:
Race›Racial spheres
Aesthetics:
Allusion, Literary›Negro spirituals | Diction›African American vernacular dialect

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