God Sends Sunday

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God Sends Sunday is a 1931 novel by Arna Bontemps that portrays the life of a self-destructive Black jockey in the post–Civil War American South.

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God Sends Sunday canonical 5

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instanceOf novel ⓘ
author Arna Bontemps ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
depicts African-American jockeys ⓘ
horse racing culture in the American South ⓘ
genre African-American literature ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ
novel ⓘ
hasTheme African-American experience ⓘ
freedom and constraint ⓘ
gambling and risk ⓘ
race relations in the United States ⓘ
self-destruction ⓘ
social mobility ⓘ
literaryMovement Harlem Renaissance ⓘ
mainCharacter Little Augie ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Harlem Renaissance literature corpus ⓘ
protagonistEthnicity Black ⓘ
protagonistOccupation jockey ⓘ
publicationYear 1931 ⓘ
settingPeriod post–Civil War era ⓘ
settingRegion American South ⓘ
timeSetting late 19th century ⓘ
writtenBy Arna Bontemps ⓘ

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Arna Bontemps → notableWork → God Sends Sunday ⓘ
St. Louis Woman → basedOn → God Sends Sunday ⓘ
St. Louis Woman (Broadway, 1946) → basedOn → God Sends Sunday ⓘ