Unnamed Negro Paving Crew 2

Submitted by sfr on Thu, 2019-12-05 15:16
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432
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Unnamed Negro Paving Crew 2
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Unnamed Negro Paving Crew 2
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
Yes
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In "A Rose for Emily," this crew of Negro men come from out of town to pave the town's sidewalks; the "singing" they do "in time to the rise and fall of the picks" [pick-axes] they swing is a source of entertainment to the town boys (124).

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