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Article: Ralph Ellison, Richard Wright, and the Case of Angelo Herndon.(Critical Essay)
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- African American Review
- Article date:
- December 22, 2001
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The judge interrupted me angrily.
"All right," said he, "that's enough, I want no speeches from you. What I want to know is whether you'll work if you'll get a job?"
"Yes, your honor, if you have a job to give me I'll surely work."
The judge wrote something on a piece of paper and sealed it in an envelope....
No sooner had I walked out of the court room when I tore open the letter and saw that it was addressed to the Kleagle of the Ku Klux Klan. It read as follows:
"Dear Mr. Murphy:
I'm sending Angelo Herndon to you. He was arrested for vagrancy a few weeks ago and wants to work. Will you please take care of him?