![]() ![]() But while Jack knows what the bishop says is true, his love for Della grows stronger, and he is determined to press on. “You can never be welcome here,” her father says to Jack. She’s a teacher and the daughter of an African Methodist Episcopal bishop. He thinks himself “disreputable.” Della, on the other hand, is straight as an arrow. He has a penchant for liquor, petty theft, and putting his foot in his mouth. Jack is not your typical son of a preacher man. “Well, what would your father say if he saw you here in the middle of the night, arm in arm with a colored gal?” Della asks Jack as they sit talking in a whites-only cemetery. You see, Jack is white, Della is Black, and they are in segregated post-World War II St. Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to play ![]()
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