Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
The Logan family lives in rural Mississippi in the 1920's-30's, during a socially very tough time for blacks. They work extremely hard to keep the small piece of farmland they own. All the other familes in the area are sharecroppers on Granger land. Granger is a very rich white man who cheats his sharecroppers of their money and rights. The Logans are extremely fortunate to own their own land. Throughout the book, many black characters experience rac...
