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The play opens in the kitchen of Mrs. (Pauline) Water's kitchen, as she sits in a large rocking chair with her foot on a low stool, bandaged. Her daughter, Rebecca Waters, comes out to show her mother her wedding dress that she is working on. She is engaged to be married to Thomas Grey, a doctor who
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Pauline keeps complaining about her foot pain, when Hester Grant runs in panting. She addresses
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Pauline quickly thinks of an idea and is not going to let her son be lynched. She yells to
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164:, USA. Born and raised American, Johnson was a teacher, writer, and social reformer. She worked to reform the oppression of Black people such as herself. She was college educated at Atlanta University in Georgia USA, Howard University in Washington DC, and Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio.
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her mother's third marriage. She married Henry "Link" Johnson, the son of ex-slaves in 1903 and a very educated man. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage in 1925 leaving
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Pauline discourages her from ignoring her own beauty. They make fun of how dedicated and hard working Jack is, saying instead of chasing girls he is more interested in his books.
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getting more nervous and Pauline sobs. Then they hear “many feet” outside and see that the state troops are coming, and Dr. Grey is back. He delivers the news that he is saved and that the Governor sent the troops.
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Governor Tinkham's house, give him the ring, and say exactly that it is sent from Pauline, and that they are about to lynch her son born 21 years ago. He leaves while there is a lot of commotion outside.
191:(1962). She expressed the oppression of African Americans often, such as in the poem "The Passing of the Ex-Slave". Though she has many thematic principles in her works, she actively wrote about
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