Muddy Waters Theme

III
Perturbing people, dissonant themes
“You can’t lose what you ain’t never had”
Title of Blues single,
Muddy Waters,
Real name McKinley Morganfield,
Father of “Chicago Blues”

What could be so attractive about the story of two nobodies in society, two persons who never had anything worthwhile and whose lives would go downhill from there?
One person had a little money but was so naïve that he soon lost everything. He was compelled out of necessity to stay with someone who had even less than him. Ratso had no money and no hope of making any. He was a cripple, lame in one foot, with a lingering cough that would become worse as the plot progressed.
If Joe Buck had no money, then Ratso had no health. If Joe Buck was dejected that he had lost

During the previous March, the NAACP had considered using the case of Claudette Colvin to launch a legal challenge to segregation. Colvin had refused to give up her seat on the bus. But when she was arrested, she struggled and swore. She was also an unmarried, pregnant young woman. It did not seem to be promising material for the NAACP to pursue as a test case.
The Montgomery bus company had made a serious mistake. They depended on the fares paid by about 40,000 blacks. They could not possibly survive on the support from the estimated 12,000 white folks who used the bus service
This bus incident became known as the Montgomery bus boycott. The bus fare was only 10 cents. But many black folks either walked or took the cabs operated by other blacks who charged the same fare of 10 cents instead of the usual 45 cents.
The Montgomery bus boycott lasted for 381 days, slightly over a year. By the time it ended, the NAACP had become a well-established organization to be reckoned with.
At about the same time, a new black leader who assisted in organizing the boycott had emerged from the wings. His name was Martin Luther