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Grandma Winnie is Mama’s mother. Uncle Ed takes Anne and the other children to visit Grandma Winnie, and Anne is shocked to see that her mother’s brothers, Sam and Walter, are very light-skinned. Later in the memoir, Anne lives with Grandma Winnie in New Orleans and works with her at her restaurant job. However, upon Anne’s involvement in the civil rights movement, Grandma Winnie will not take her in for fear of her own safety.
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Grandma Winnie Character Timeline in Coming of Age in Mississippi
The timeline below shows where the character Grandma Winnie appears in Coming of Age in Mississippi. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 2
...Mae, Adline, and Junior by taking them to his home. Uncle Ed lives with Grandma Winnie, Mama’s mother with whom she does not get along and resents for telling her to...
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Chapter 15
The next summer, Anne once again goes to visit her Aunt Celia, Sis, and Grandma Winnie in New Orleans. Though initially she struggles to find work, she eventually finds a job...
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...their gender presentation, commenting on how much Lily White sounds like a woman and asking Winnie if Lola is a man or a woman. On the way home from work, Winnie...
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Chapter 27
Anne plans to live with Grandmother Winnie in New Orleans during her break from CORE. But when she arrives in New Orleans,...
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