tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143615034352339975.post4140411181746073342..comments2023-08-12T06:10:50.594-05:00Comments on Marty Kittrell: Money, Mississippikittrellphotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07088521950057241483noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143615034352339975.post-72246090096931543532009-08-18T06:48:47.131-05:002009-08-18T06:48:47.131-05:00Marty,
The Till "incident" as it was re...Marty,<br /><br />The Till "incident" as it was referred to in those days, was in 1955---I remember the teacher who told us about it in arithmetic, with such a gloating look of "That'll show HIM," on his face. That only re-inforced my own rebellious thoughts of the times I was living in.<br /><br />The store is almost the exact one that served as a "commissary" on the old "Home Place" of my children's Grandparents in the Delta---I was amazed that the farmer would go to so much trouble and expense of building such a building, with the big square business-like front facade, just to hand out sorghum and grits rations to the workers.<br /><br />It even had a big Co-Cola sign on the side of the building, and those little red metal ads on the door handles, with a green Seven-Up "Thank you Come Again" on the inside of the screen. Right out there miles from anything but the farm and those people so tied to it for their survival.<br /><br />When I read "The Grapes of Wrath," I knew exactly where Ma Joad "shopped."RachelDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11204947567574886675noreply@blogger.com