Thanks to her ability to speak her mind, readers experience the heavy truth of the often brutal and intense way African Americans have been treated. Ultimately, Cassie learns that she and her family have something nobody can take away from them. She learns about racism quickly the year the Night Riders come to town, as many dangerous, scary, and ill-natured things happen. Until now, Cassie had been well protected by her family from racism, and she had no idea just how important it was that her family had their own piece of land. Readers learn through the eyes of nine-year-old Cassie Logan what it was like to grow up during this often brutally dangerous time. The African American Logan family struggles in all areas of life, including socially and culturally. It was a time of depression (money is hard to come by for most) and segregation (when black people were treated poorly because of the color of their skin). Taylor won the Coretta Scott King Award and a Newbery Medal for Roll of Thunder, Hear Me Cry-plus too many more awards to list here.
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