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A 6 page paper which examine and analyzes Bebe Moore Campbell’s “Your Blues Ain’t Like Mine” and Charlayne Hunter-Gault’s “In My Place” as they relate to depicting the south during the era of segregation. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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was a time of utter chaos in the southern states, and a time of great violence and oppression. As would be expected there is a great deal of literature and
historical examination of this particular time, and place, in history. Two such works, one almost poetic and the other autobiographical, are Bebe Moore Campbells "Your Blues Aint Like Mine" and
Charlayne Hunter-Gaults "In My Place." The following paper examines these two works and analyzes their validity in relationship to portraying this time in American history. The South During
Segregation As can well be understood, there were many different levels of segregation and many different experiences by the African American community in relationship to segregation. While perhaps some African
Americans did not really notice a great deal of problems, or did not experience problems in powerful ways, others likely felt the harsh reality of segregation in many painful ways.
In Campbells book one character, Armstrong, indicates how one other character, Mr. Pinochet, was "always going on and on about colored people
and how badly they were treated, as though that were Mr. Pinochets fault. And whenever he talked about colored peoples misery, he shared some of his own, as if feeling
sorry for colored people was just an excuse to talk about his personal blues" (Campbell 27-28). In this the narrator is illustrating how oppression, and segregation was one form of
oppression, was seen by some whites as horrible, yet they seemed to lack the ability to truly understand it. However, at the same time this character Armstrong does not really
seem disturbed by the realities. Armstrong remembers a time when he and his grandmother were walking down the sidewalk and his grandmother pulled
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