However, as the whites of the Valley worked to suppress African Americans, what the people of the Valley did not anticipate was that the people of Bottom would flourish too on the hills. . Specifically, Morrison affirms the city's accomplishments, even in light of the misfortunes that occurred within the lines: "After the city grew and the farmland became a village and the village became a city and the streets of Medallion were hot and dusty with progress, those heavy trees which sheltered the cabins in the Bottom were wonderful to see” (Morrison, ). What makes this scene interesting is how Morrison made a political commentary embedded in the depiction of the Bottom producing excellence. Specifically, Morrison reveals that although the operation of segregation as a whole was unfavorable and facilitated the dissolution of the American Union, African American culture nevertheless developed its own divine union within segregation. In a somewhat strange way, Morrison looks fondly on certain aspects of segregation and has uncorked an area that exhibits segregation, but through such oppression the Valley and the Lower have become equal in prosperity. Specifically, segregation gave rise to a new generation of American entrepreneurs who capitalized on the system of