Complex sentence: Skip, having always been a friendly dog, is known by everyone in the village, including the coloured people, significant because Mississippi was still segregated in that time, leads Willie through the best parts of his life; his boyhood days.
Split into simpler sentences: Skip, having always been a friendly dog, is known by everyone in the town, including African Americans, significant because Mississippi was still segregated ar the time. Skip leads Willie through the best parts of his life; his boyhood days.