“Mamie Wilson, like so many of her race, had succumbed to the lure of Harlem.” (p. 171)
This fictional character is based on entertainer, Ida Cox.
“She spoke of…the church, of Elder Jones; he had turned out to be a sort of black Elmer Gantry, had become pastor of a large church Negro Church in Harlem…” (p.175)
Elmer Gantry is a novel written by Sinclair Lewis.
