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  • Chapter 5 - Frayed Nerves

  • Sheila Curran Bernard, University at Albany, State University of New York
  • Book:
    Bring Judgment Day
    Published online:
    21 June 2024
    Print publication:
    11 July 2024, pp 80-85

  • Summary

    A month into their travels together, tensions between Ledbetter and Lomax are reaching a breaking point. In Montgomery, they record at Kilby Prison, where the Scottsboro “boys” are being held; later, Lomax will write and perform a song to aid their defense. Later in Montgomery, an argument pushes Ledbetter to walk away from Lomax, and their future together seems uncertain. Lomax is working to secure a place for himself and his “discovery” at the annual meeting of the prestigious Modern Language Association, to be held in Philadelphia in late December, and is relieved when Ledbetter re-emerges, ready to try again.