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Born April 4, 1928.
She was born in St. Louis and when she was 3 years old, she moved to Stamps with her brother Bailey.

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Name of event: Growing up in Stamps
When she was growing up in Stamps it was the time of segregation. As we know segregation was something that affected black people emotionally and physically. Marguerite was affected as a child, we can say this because she did not loved her black  ugly  dream,  and  she  real  hair,  which  was  long  and  blonde.
" Because   I   was   really   white   and   a   cruel   magician   had  turned   me   into   a   too-big   Negro   girl" as we she didn't have self-esteem.
Page 2 - chapter 1

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Name of event : Marguerite and Bailey move to Stamps. Prescription of the event: Maya and Bailey  are sent off to live with their fathers grandparents after the divorce of Vivian and Bailey to Stamps,Arkansas.
Quote from the book: When  I  was  three  and  Bailey  four,  we  had  arrived  in  the  dusty 2 little  town, wearing  notes  on  our  wrists  which  stated—  “To  Whom  It   May  Concern”—  that we were  Marguerite and Bailey Johnson  Jr., *  from  Long  Beach, California, on  our  way  to  Stamps,  Arkansas,  to   Mrs.   Annie   Henderson.
Explanation of the quote & how it connects:
chapter 2

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Name of event: Marguerite receives Christmas gift

In Christmas Marguerite  and Bailey received  gifts  from  they mother and father something that have never happen before. Marguerite couldn’t  believe that her mother   would   laugh  and  eat  oranges  in  the   sunshine   without   her   children. Also because she thought they were dead. " Until   that   Christmas   when   we  received   the   gifts,  I   had   been   confident   that   they   were   both   dead. " she probably say that because they were never in her life.
chapter 5, page 19

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Dad comes to get them page 20 capitulo 5
Few years later, Dad comes back to Stamps to get his children back. In page 21, chapter 5, it says, “Bailey, my  baby.  Great  God, Bailey.”   And  Uncle   Willie  stuttered,  “Bu-Buh-Bailey.”  My  brother   said,  “I  don’t   believe  it.   It’s  him.   It’s  our  daddy.”   And  my  seven-year-old  world  fell  apart, and  would  never  be  put  back together   again¨. Dad caused a very impact feeling to Maya when she saw him for the first time. Her father acted as if he never abandoned them.

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Marguerite moved to St. Louis and got raped
Marguerite many times went to sleep with her mother when she has nightmares in her large bed with Mr. Freeman. After  the  third  time  in M other’s  bed, She thought  there  was   nothing   strange   about   sleeping   there. One day she wake up and she felt something that was soft and she says that  she didn't   experienced   it   in   all   the   years   of   sleeping  with her  Momma.  "Freeman  was  awake  and  gone,  but   his   eyes   were   open   and   both   hands   were   above   the   cover.  I   knew,  as   if   I   had   always   known,  that   it   was   his   “thing”   on   my   leg. He  said,  “Just   stay   right   here,  Ritie,  I  ain’t   gonna*   hurt   you.”  We can see here that she got raped.
chapter 6 , page 29

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Name of event: Marguerite meets Mrs. Flowers
This event is important because Marguerite did not speak for a long time. Margueritte walked through the shops, the school, the church without speaking and in silence. Mrs. Flowers was kind to Marguerite. She was the person who helped her out of Margueritte's silence. A evidence in the chapter 8 page 41 say "  She   had   the   grace  to  appear   warm   in   the  coldest   weather, and  on  the  hot   Arkansas  summer,  days  she  seemed  cool." The days with Mrs Flowers were prettier even if they were bad. Mrs Flowers was the   lady   who   threw  her first   lifeline to Margueritte. She makes a good influence.

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Marguerite works with Mrs. Cullinan

Marguerite was sent to work at Ms Cullinan’s house to learn sewing and Cullinan skills. It took Marguerite a week to distinguish between the bread, salad and dessert plates.