Unnamed Negro Laundresses

Quentin's narrative begins by evoking the "Negro women" who used to carry the clothes they had washed for their white customers in bundles on their heads (289); now they fetch and deliver it in automobiles or have lost their jobs to commercial laundry services.

"Shingles for the Lord", 40 (Event)

"Shingles for the Lord", 40 (Event)

"Shingles for the Lord", 39 (Event)

"Shingles for the Lord", 38 (Event)

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