Donleavy insinuating that black people are only good at sports.
A character in this book is traumatized when he is asked to load a corpse into a wagon by a man who pretends he is going to lock him in the wagon with the corpse. A character in this book is so inspired by the preaching of Reverend Thomas that she hits him on the head with her purse and knocks his teeth out. In this book, the valedictorian Henry Reed leads a rousing chorus to raise the spirits of the graduating students who have just heard a speech by Mr. (*) Donleavy insinuating that black people are only good at sports. Mr. Freeman rapes this book's main character when she is eight, causing her to become mute until Mrs. Bertha Flowers convinces her to talk. This book was followed by Gather Together in My Name and five other volumes. For 10 points, name this first book in Maya Angelou's seven-volume autobiography.
A character in this book is traumatized when he is asked to load a corpse into a wagon by a man who pretends he is going to lock him in the wagon with the corpse.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings