Go Down, Moses, 364 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Fri, 2016-08-26 09:22
Text: 
Go Down, Moses
Location: 
Jefferson Corporate Limit Sign in Go Down, Moses (Location)
Page Number: 
364
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
When they reached the edge of town the hearse
Page Event Ends: 
364
Era: 
The Depression (1930-1940)
Characters Present: 
Molly Beauchamp
Gavin Stevens
Mr. Wilmoth
Miss Worsham
Characters Mentioned: 
Samuel Worsham Beauchamp
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Wednesday, July 17, 1940
Summary: 

After following the hearse and the car with Miss Worsham and Mollie in it to the edge of town, Gavin stops Wilmoth's car and the two white men talk about the funeral - in particular, Mollie's demand that the newspaper editor put her grandson's story "in de paper. All of it" (364).

Chronological Order: 
374.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Movement:Car, Limit, Media, Funeral, Story
Environment:
Atmospheric›Dust | Place›Country vs city
Actions:
Movement›Car
Themes and Motifs:
Recurring Tropes›Going fast

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