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A Confederate of a Roof and Race in Chattanooga
A memory of working with Charlie, a Black roofing foreman, on hot summer days in Chattanooga. The narrator, a white Marine veteran from a farming background, forms a deep bond with Charlie through hard labor, mutual respect, and shared pride in skilled roofing work. Charlie supports the narrator financially and emotionally, and the friendship endures until Charlie’s death from pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Hoover
Charlie
East Cenness
Chattanooga
Mephistopheles
Charile
Nashville
Union Station