t morning, down to the garment district, and present them as evidence of what she had done the previous week (Means 28-29).
Powell says that his family had a subtle "joke" that was ongoing and that had his father as management and his mother as labor because of their respective jobs. Powell says his parents were hard-working people and religious people, and a friend of the family stated, "they made sure Colin got his religious education" (Means 29). At times, Luther would also sell clothing out of his apartment to make more money.
In some ways, in spite of the fact that he remained in the same job while other cousins went on to more prestigious and better-paying jobs, Luther Powell remained a commanding figure in the extended family, as Colin notes:
He was only about five-three or five-four, a little man, but he was a patriarch because of his wisdom, because of his willingness to help anybody who ne
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