Miss Glory San Francisco Essay - 1,224 words

... have to read them aloud in class. - Maya took a job for Mrs. Viola Cullinan and met the cook, Miss Glory. One of Mrs. Cullinan's friends enraged Maya when she suggested shed be called Mary because Margaret was too long when her name wasnt even Margaret. Miss Glory explained that she had changed her name too from Hallelujah to Glory. - Maya was still furious (from her childhood) so she deliberately broke some of Mrs.


Cullinan's favorite dishes. - Bailey missed Vivian and boarded a boxcar, but ended up stranding himself in Baton Rouge for two weeks. - After a church revival, everyone was listening to the Joe Louis boxing match on the radio in the store. Joe Louis was a hero for the blacks, it was almost a fight of proving that black people were just as strong as white people. - In a summer picnic, Maya wandered into an isolated area to sit next to the tree. Louise Kendricks, a girl of the same age met Maya. They were a little shy, but soon became best friends. - Tommy Valdon sent Maya a valentine.


She showed it to Louise and they tore the note into tiny pieces and threw it to the wind. Tommy saw Maya and her friend tear up his valentine, but he still considered her his valentine. Eventually Tommys crush passed. - Bailey set up a tent in the yard for sexual purposes, he lost his virginity to a girl named Joyce. He stole goods from the store for her and she left after a couple of months.


Her aunt, Mrs. Goodman, revealed that she ran away with a railroad porter. Bailey was heartbroken. - Maya felt that she was entering a new as she graduated from the eighth grade. Maya was salutatorian. Mr. Edward Donleavy was the speaker at the ceremony, he gave a speech about the progress in their local school, the new equipment the whites got, and about the college athletes from the Lafayette County Training School.


Maya was angry that it seemed like he was saying that black people are only good for their athletic ability. - Maya developed a toothache and had to see the dentist. Momma took her to Dr. Lincoln, but he refused to see black people even though Momma had loaned him money. Momma had to take Maya to a black dentist in Texarkana. - Bailey came home shaken one day after he saw a dead black body while a white man grinned at the sight of it. He wondered what black people had done to make white people hate them so much. Shortly after this experience, Momma planned for Bailey and Maya to live in California with their mother. - Vivian supported them by gambling because she didnt like to labor.


Vivian married Daddy Clidell and they moved to San Francisco around World War II. - The changing atmosphere during the war in San Francisco made Maya feel comfortable in her life. Maya did exceptional in school and was one of the only three black students in the school. She achieved a scholarship to the California Labor School and studied the arts. - Maya spent their summer with Big Bailey and Dolores whom Maya did not have any connection with, Big Bailey thought it was sort of funny. - Big Bailey took Maya on one of his shopping trips. His jokes and personality made Maya start to enjoy herself with him, but she was scared when she couldnt find him. Maya had to drive them home because he was completely drunk. He wasnt angry at all about the accident. - Dolores and B ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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