Summary of Reginald F. Lewis's Why Should White Guys Have All the Fun

By IRB Media

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#1 Reginald Francis Lewis was born in East Baltimore on December 7, 1942. He grew up in a world marked by block after block of red brick row houses, many of which had outhouses in their backyards. The city ordinance passed in the 1940s finally outlawed outdoor toilets.

#2 Clinton Lee Lewis, then 25, was a diminutive man with a café au lait complexion, wavy black hair, and high cheekbones. He held several jobs in succession, first as a civilian technician for the Army Signal Corps and later as the proprietor of a series of small businesses.

#3 Sam and Sue Cooper were the grandparents of Reginald Lewis. They were both no-nonsense taskmasters who raised eight children of their own and two of their sisters’s children. They taught their grandson how to be courteous in his dealings with whites, but never servile.

#4 Sam Cooper had little tolerance for racism. He would often buy his grandson, Lewis, things that would thumb their noses at the Jim Crow laws of Baltimore. He would also go to segregated theaters, where he would watch movies.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 19, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669387596

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Reginald Francis Lewis was born in East Baltimore on December 7, 1942. He grew up in a world marked by block after block of red brick row houses, many of which had outhouses in their backyards. The city ordinance passed in the 1940s finally outlawed outdoor toilets.

#2

Clinton Lee Lewis, then 25, was a diminutive man with a café au lait complexion, wavy black hair, and high cheekbones. He held several jobs in succession, first as a civilian technician for the Army Signal Corps and later as the proprietor of a series of small businesses.

#3

Sam and Sue Cooper were the grandparents of Reginald Lewis. They were both no-nonsense taskmasters who raised eight children of their own and two of their sisters’s children. They taught their grandson how to be courteous in his dealings with whites, but never servile.

#4

Sam Cooper had little tolerance for racism. He would often buy his grandson, Lewis, things that would thumb their noses at the Jim Crow laws of Baltimore. He would also go to segregated theaters, where he would watch movies.

#5

St. Francis Xavier School was a Catholic school located in East Baltimore, and Lewis attended there. His mother was a working mother with a demanding schedule, but she always found time for him.

#6

The last part of the equation was about to change dramatically. His mother had met Jean Fugett, a young soldier based at the Edgewood Arsenal, an Army installation north of Baltimore. They were married in 1951.

#7

Butch Lewis was a very independent young man, and he didn’t want to be treated like a child. He had a very strong will, and sometimes his mother would clash with him.

#8

Lewis was a loner at school, and he took on many jobs to ensure that no one would ever have to worry about him being a financial burden.

#9

Lewis was the oldest child, and he liked to take on a parental role with his siblings. However, this did not always sit well with