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In the opening passage of the novel, we learn that in the town where the story is set (we're never told what town this is, exactly), there was a street that's important to the story. At various points, this street--which ran through a mostly Black neighborhood--was known as Doctor Street and Mains Street.
As Morrison makes clear, the two names of the street correspond to two different ways of looking at the Black community. "Doctor Street" is a testament to the hard work and professionalism of the community: there was indeed a Black doctor who operated in the area. "Mains…