Sula | Historical Context
The events in Sula span much of the twentieth century, during a time of great changes in civil rights for African Americans and other minority groups.
African Americans in World War I
When the events of the book open, in 1919, veterans like Shadrack and Plum are returning from service overseas. Like Shadrack and Plum, many of them were emotionally and physically scarred from the experience of war, but African-American veterans did not receive as much respect for their service as their white counterparts. In the book, Shadrack is discharged from the hospital because there's...
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