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the main charecter participates in a boxing match and gets second place. his prize is placed on an electric rug.
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the main charecter recieves a scholarship to the negro college. when there he drives for a white man and they find some sharecroppers.
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after hearing the story of how the sharecropper got his daughter pregnant mr norton feels sick and asks to be driven into town to get some whiskey
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when they get back to the school the boy gets in trouble for the shape in which Mr. norton was returned.
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the students gather for a meeting with dr. bledsoe
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after the meeting ghe feels a sudden wave of sorrow
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as punishment the boy is sent to new york to work
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After arriving in harlem the charecter realizes that he is in a whole different environment.
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After getting into a fight with the engineer from the4 paint depot he passes out. When he awakens he is in a glass box in a white room.
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The boy witnesses a woman being evicted. There was a large crowd forming outside. Page 280
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When the charecter finally gets his own house everyone calls him brother. The house he recieved was a Penthouse. Page 335
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After he settles into his apartment he notices every one is adressed as "brother". Page 353
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The charecter starts to get to kknow his neighbors. He meets a man named brother tarp. Page 389
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While touring the city he comes across an auction. he notices a doll named sambo. 435
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The charecter loved sambo so he decided to steal him. Now he has two goons following him. 483
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The charecter escaped the goons. That night he had a dream about the girl he saw at the boxing match but she was a bird. 513