Summary

Scene 2 is again set in the Crump family living room. It begins with “Lily Ann ‘Sister’ Green standing in the Crumps’ doorway … she is a nonconformist, a ‘dangerous’ woman’” (21)., Ernestine describes Lily Ann to the audience by saying she is “the first colored woman we’d seen dressed up like a white lady” (21). She adds that “Aunt Lily” had “been to Harlem,” which she says was “the equivalent of reaching the promised land” (21). Neither girl seems to recognize her, and neither does Godfrey when he appears. The conversation reveals that Lily is Sandra’s sister, and that Lily is fine with not being recognized. “Memories need maintenance,” she says (22). She speaks flirtatiously to Godfrey, who seems embarrassed and talks about how difficult it has been to track Lily down. She comments on how people in the city do not want everyone to...