Andrew Wade fought hard to keep his home, which was a step forward towards desegregation and Civil Rights . Once he sold his home and moved elsewhere that is when his fight came to a halt. The Braden family helped move forward with desegregation when they bought the home for the Wades. The Braden 's were a family who stood up for what they believed, no matter the pressures of society. What we have going on not only in this book everywhere in the south is an equality issue in the time of the 1950s. White people just seeing color, and automatically assuming trouble follows. Many people were set in their ways when it came towards black families moving into white neighborhoods. Housing prices would go up if a black family wanted to buy a home. Many times reality companies would do this to try and detour a black family from buying a home. They are only so many homes built for black families during this time. It was hard for a black family to find a good home. Also, African Americans were not equally protected with law protection, and were not taken as serious when crimes were committed to them. I feel as though the violent acts made towards Andrew Wade were not taken as seriously as they could have been. White people still had preconceived notion toward blacks, and this was a hard thing for people to change since they were set in their ways. Some white …show more content…
It shows the many aspects of how hard of a fight it is to find a good home to raise a family. Equal protection, pressures of society and home values where points in the struggle of Civil Rights. The Bradens tried to an African American family, but do the those things it lead to trouble and harsh back lash. Braden showed the many things her family and the Wade family went through to over come the race barrier in Louisville, Kentucky.She brought light to how cruel and violent people could be for doing a favor for a