I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

What happened at graduation that gave Marguerite a presentiment of worse things to come? Chapters 22-24

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The school superintendent, Mr. Donleavy, gives a rather rude speech. He talks of improvements to the white school and mentions a couple of male black athletes from the Lafayette County Training. Maya feels Discouraged that the only thing a black boy can do is be an athletes and black girls do not count at all.