A Family Thing
Earl Pilcher, Jr., runs an equipment rental outfit in Arkansas, lives with his wife and kids and parents, and rarely takes off his gimme cap. His mother dies, leaving a letter explaining he's not her natural son, but the son of a Black woman who died in childbirth. Plus, he has a half-brother Ray, in Chicago, she wants him to visit. Earl makes the trip, initially receiving a cold welcome from Ray and Ray's son, Virgil. His birth mother's sister, Aunt T., an aged and blind matriarch, takes Earl in tow and insists that the family open up to him.
26 March 1917, Cayce, Mississippi, USA
2 May 1956, Chicago, Illinois, USA
8 May 1954, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
12 June 1964, Rockville, Maryland, USA
August 11, 1946 in New York City, New York, USA
3 June 1935, Beaumont, Texas, USA
22 November 1910, Milford, Michigan, USA
17 May 1941, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
April 17, 1926 in Oregon City, Oregon, USA
17 January 1931, Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA
November 21, 1941 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA
15 July 1969, Chicago, Illinois, USA
