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Pete Spivey is a Black college student who collaborates with Meridian Henry, Juanita Harmon, Lorenzo Shannon, and others to protest for African American civil rights. He has both witnessed and suffered terrible white violence against Black protestors; as a result, he sometimes cries or has nightmares after protests. He was jailed with Lorenzo in the aftermath of one protest. He is in love with Juanita, wants to marry her, and promises to be faithful to her even when she tells him, after Richard Henry’s murder, that Richard is the first man she ever truly loved.
Pete Spivey Quotes in Blues for Mister Charlie
The Blues for Mister Charlie quotes below are all either spoken by Pete Spivey or refer to Pete Spivey. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Act 1
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Richard: Every one of them’s got some piss-assed, faggoty white boy on a string somewhere. They go home and marry him, dig, when they can’t make it with me no more—but when they want some loving, funky, down-home, bring-it-on-here-and-put-it-on-the-table style—
Juanita: They sound very sad. It must be very sad for you, too.
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Act 3
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Juanita: I am not responsible for your imagination.
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Pete Spivey Quotes in Blues for Mister Charlie
The Blues for Mister Charlie quotes below are all either spoken by Pete Spivey or refer to Pete Spivey. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Act 1
Quotes
Richard: Every one of them’s got some piss-assed, faggoty white boy on a string somewhere. They go home and marry him, dig, when they can’t make it with me no more—but when they want some loving, funky, down-home, bring-it-on-here-and-put-it-on-the-table style—
Juanita: They sound very sad. It must be very sad for you, too.
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Act 3
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Juanita: I am not responsible for your imagination.
