I Am the American Negro (collection)/Nicodemus Perry

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NICODEMUS PERRY
Walking pensively alonglooking at the narrow sidewalkSaturday afternoon in Reelton, Alabama,thinking how his motherwhile a young girlworking for Judge Stinsonbore a child that diedhow his oldest sisterwas known to be intimatewith the mayor's sonand how only last nighthis youngest sistercoming home alonewas raped by three white menand the sheriffmerely asked how much she gotNicodemus Perrywas shot and fatally woundedby several corner loitererswho said something about "assault"as he bumped smack intoa white woman.
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