Illustrator

ILLUSTRATOR (KEITH)- JOE LOUIS WINNING THE CHAMPIONSHIP They're in a clench, Louis is trying to fight his way out." Some bitter comedian on the porch said,"That white man don't mind hugging that niggah now, I betcha." "The referee is moving in to break them up, but Louis finally pushed the contender away and it's an uppercut to the chin. The contender is hanging on, now he's backing away. Louis catches him with a short left to the jaw." (Pages 133 and 134)

"Here's the referee. He's counting. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven...Is the contender trying to get up again?" All the men in the store shouted, "NO." "...eight, nine, ten." "The winnah, and still heavyweight champeen of the world....JOE LOUIS." (Page 136)

"If growing up is painfu for the Southern Black girl, being aware of her displacement is the rust on the razor that threatens the throat. It is an unnecessary insult." (Angelou Preface)

"One more woman ambushed and raped. A Black boy whipped and maimd...a white woman slapping her maid for being forgetful" (Angelou 135).