When authors give shout outs to other great works, people, and events, it's usually not accidental. Put on your super-sleuth hat and figure out why.
Literary and Philosophical References
- Shakespeare (4.11.5)
- Shakespeare, Othello (5.24.4)
Historical References
- "The Surrender" (2.5.1)
- Robert E. Lee (2.5.1)
- War of 1812 (2.6.3)
- Booker T. Washington (4.13.10, referenced throughout)
- Marcus Garvey (5.15.9)
- Brooke Astor (5.17.5)
- Dan Quayle (5.17.28)
- Walter White (5.19.16, 5.21.11)
- Dr. Louis T. Wright (5.19.17)
- James Weldon Johnson (5.19.17)
- E. Franklin Frazier (5.21.5)
- W.E.B. Du Bois (5.21.11, referenced throughout)
- Fiorello La Guardia (5.23.10)
- David Duke (5.25.34)
- Madame C.J. Walker (6.27.3)
- A'leilia Walker Robinson (6.27.3)
- Adam Clayton Powell (6.27.7)
- Eleanor Roosevelt (6.27.7-8)
- Queen Victoria (6.28.18)
- John Kennedy (7.30.21)
- Malcolm X (7.30.22-23)
- Martin Luther King Jr. (7.30.22-30)
- Robert Kennedy (7.30.22)
- Ted Kennedy (7.30.22)
- Bill Clinton (7.30.31)
- Jimmy Carter (7.30.31)
- Lyndon Johnson (7.30.31)
- Harry Truman (7.30.31)
- Ross Perot (7.30.34)
- Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill scandal (7.31.34)
Pop Culture References
- Gone with the Wind (1.4.6)
- "Amos 'n' Andy" (1.4.6)
- Bing Crosby (5.17.9)
- Bojangles Robinson (5.19.16)
- Alberta Hunter (5.19.16)
- Walter Johnson (5.19.26)
- Cab Calloway (5.20.6)
- Ethel Waters (5.20.7)
- Bert Williams (5.20.7)
- Fletcher Henderson (5.20.7)
- Duke Ellington (5.20.7)
- Lena Horne (5.20.7)
- Birth of a Nation (5.21.10)
- The Crisis (5.21.20)
- Paul Robeson (5.24.4)
- Marian Anderson (6.28.7)
- Milton Berle (6.28.9)
- "Macneil Lehrer" (7.31.6)