Unnamed Negro Street Crews
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Unnamed Negro Street Crews
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Unnamed Negro Street Crews
Race:
Black
Gender:
Male
Class:
Free Black
Rank:
Minor
Vitality:
Alive
Occupation:
Administrative
Specific Job:
Town Maintenance
First Mentioned:
Biography:
Like the other black inhabitants of Jefferson and Yoknapatawpha, the "street department crews" are no where to be seen on the Monday after Lucas is arrested, though this doesn't prevent the narrator from describing their usual employment: "flushing the pavement with hoses and sweeping up the discarded Sunday papers and empty cigarette packs" (119). One irony of Intruder in the Dust is that the absence of the black population results in the narrative describing them in more detail than any other Yoknapatawpha fiction provides.
Individual or Group:
Group
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