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Roll Of Thunder Hear My Cry
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry is a story written by Mildred Taylor. This is a story revolving around a black family, the Logans, and their struggles of being victims of racism. The Logans family lived in Mississippi in the 1930’s. Throughout the story, they had courage, experienced love, and went through change.
Courage was a theme that was shown many times in this story. Cassie once defended Little Man when he found something offensive in a book because she was willing to get punished for equality. “I started slowly toward my desk, but as the hickory stick sliced the tense air, I turned back around. “Miz. Crocker,” I said, “I don’t want my book neither”” Cassie was standing up for something she knew was risky to speak against. When the Logan

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