GEN:Black literature character

["C. Williams" <agwilliams@SNET.NET>]

Dear LM_Netters,
 A parent who is here for a year from Paris is reading a lot of American
plays and is stumped by the term "Yellow Jack" he came upon in a play
entitled "Seven Guitars." Perhaps you play literate colleagues can help
him out.
 The lines are: "Bad as I need some money, I wouldn't care who it was.
Buddy Bolden or anybody else. High John the Conquerer. Yellow Jack. Brer
Rabbit. Uncle Ben. It could be anybody."
 Is this a character I should have heard about in Black literature? I
have been concentrating on elementary for a while now, so maybe it's
just a poor memory. Any help from you for him would be appreciated. TIA.
  Cindy Williams, LMS, AW Cox Elementary School, Guilford, CT
  agwilliams@snet.net

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