Summer Reading

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Across
  1. 3. "He saw the world of civilization then more plainly than ever he had seen it before; a world in which nothing counted but brutal might, an order devised by those who possessed it for the subjugation of those who did not." (Sinclair, ch.29)
  2. 4. "I applied for a high school position, and when I reached top of the seniority list after three years, I received a letter in the mail saying they wished to meet me in person. At the appointment, they would have seen I was colored and found some excuse to bounce me down the list." (Delany 137)
  3. 5. Labor “And for this, at the end of the week, he would carry home three dollars to his family, being his pay at the rate of five cents per hour—just about his proper share of the total earnings of the million and three‑quarters of children who are now engaged in earning their livings in the United States.” (Sinclair ch.6)
  4. 7. “The great corporation which employed you lied to you, and lied to the whole country—from top to bottom it was nothing but one gigantic lie.” (Sinclair ch.7)
  5. 9. “They use everything about the hog except the squeal.” (Sinclair ch.3)
  6. 10. ““The city, which was owned by an oligarchy of businessmen, being nominally ruled by the people, a huge army of graft as necessary for the purpose of effecting the transfer of power.” (Sinclair ch.25)
Down
  1. 1. "I was not a crying child, except when it came to being treated badly because of my race, like when they wouldn't serve us at the drugstore counter." (Delany 85)
  2. 2. "This is the kind of thing that drives Bessie wild. Bessie would have given her a piece of her mind. Sure, it annoyed me. But I didn't let it ruin my day. Life is short, and it's up to you to make it sweet." (Delany 139)
  3. 6. "It was bad enough to be discriminated against by white people because I was colored. But then, my own people would discriminate against me because I was a woman!" (Delany 142)
  4. 8. "When I was a child, the words used to describe us often were colored, Negro...you name it, honey. Some of these words are often worse than others, and how mean they are depends on who is saying them and why." (Delany 86)