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1930's Mississippi was a harsh place for black people.  

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1930's Mississippi was a harsh place for black people. Slavery had finished but white people still treated black people like slaves. Mildred Taylor wrote of how she learnt to grow and understand more about injustice. Cassie, the main character tells us what it was like to be living at that time in America. In this essay I will discuss about what injustices I feel most strongly about in roll of thunder & why I feel this way. In the first chapter, the Logan kids are walking to school, after a long break. Little Man walks slower than the other Logan children - he is worried about getting his best clothes dirty. Stacey, who is the eldest of the four, is upset because he has to be taught by his mother this year. We are soon introduced to a young boy called T.J. Avery. We learn very quickly about T.J.s...

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