Wednesday, Chapters 6 through 9 Summary

John meets George Wilson at a bar run by a former wrestler named Crusher Thompson. John arrives to see only one man in the place, a Negro, and asks Thompson if he'll let him know when Wilson arrives. Thompson points out the Negro, who seems somewhat embarrassed. Wilson is direct, saying that he is, in essence, the token Negro on the staff of the law firm. He says he's had little trial experience but has expressed an interest and that's ostensibly why he was given the case. In reality, he points out that the jury is going to be seeing an "uppity Negro" defending the Chinaman who is an abortionist, and that the biggest challenge will be to get past the stereotypes.

John realizes several things by looking at the case through the eyes of the attorney, including the...