Critical review from the book The Promised Land
... While in the midst of moving from farm to farm black sharecroppers would see others returning from Chicago with money and fancy cars. ... She again ran from her problems and went to Chicago in 1948. ... Housing complexes turned from new promising developments into a breeding ground for gangs and yet more children born out of wedlock. ... Ruby was evicted from home to home. She moved her family from place to place, always not concerned with how her children would cope with their new home and surroundings. ... Kermit eventually became a gang leader and Ruby’s husband at the time, Luther, retracted his paycheck from the family as he was now, again, having an affair. ... Her children seemed more likely to lead a safer life as apposed to what they would have faced if Juanita had not moved them from Chicago. ... Ruby moved from her problems.