Roll Of Cry

In the novel Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry there are a few reasons why the schools attended by blacks are inferior to the schools attended by whites. On Little Man’s first day of school, the students are given textbooks. Little Man opens the book and notices the racist remarks on the first page. The books first issuance was September 1922 and had been used by white children until the condition was “very poor”. Little Man noticed and politely asked for a new book. He did not get a different book and was told if he did not want that one he would not get a book. Little Man then threw the book to the ground and stomped on it. As a result of this, he was whipped. A second reason the blacks schools are inferior is because they do not get transportation