Your Blues Ain’t Like Mine (Masterplots II: African American Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Bebe Moore
- First Published: 1992
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: The 1950’s through the 1980’s
- Setting: Rural Mississippi and Chicago, Illinois
- Principal Characters: Armstrong Todd, Delotha Todd, Wydell Todd, Lily Cox, Floyd Cox, Clayton Pinochet, Ida Long
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: 1950’s, African Americans, 1960’s, 1970’s, Racism, Blacks, Murder or homicide, South or Southerners, Chicago, 1980’s, Mississippi, Lynching
- Locales: Chicago, IL, Mississippi
The Novel
The most important incident that occurs in Your Blues Ain’t Like Mine is the murder of Armstrong Todd, an innocent black boy, by three ignorant and despicable whites. This tragedy occurs early in a novel that spans three decades. The author’s primary focus is on the long-lasting results of that tragedy in the lives of the survivors.
Campbell begins her novel by tracing the events that lead up to Armstrong’s death. When Lily Cox unwisely enters the pool hall owned by her husband Floyd, she makes it possible for the black bartender, Jake, to plant in...
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