"All the neighborhood, white or colored, called his grandmother when something happened."
Chap. 1, p. 10

"'I told her I didn't think much o' joinin' a church so far away from God that they didn't want nothin' but yaller niggers for members, an' so full o' forms an' fashions that a good Christian couldn't shout—but she went on an' joined.'"
Chap. 2, p. 24

"When niggers get up in the world, they act just like white folks—don't pay you no mind. And Tempy's that kind of nigger—she's up in the world now!"
Chap. 4, p. 45

"'Your old Jesus is white, I guess, that's why! He's white and stiff and don't like niggers!'"
Chap. 4, p. 45

"'So spoiled with colored folks waiting on 'em all their days! Don't know what they'll do in heaven, 'cause I'm gonna sit down up there myself.'"
Chap. 6, p. 68

"White folks...