From what I have read in these first two chapters, it is clear that blacks in the novel Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry live during a time of Jim Crow laws and segregation. The first thing that tells me the book is at this time is the fact that blacks had to walk to school because they did not have the same transportation as the white children did. For example, the book tells about how the black children were walking to school when a bus filled with white children passes by. The second thing that tells me the book is at this time is the fact that the blacks and whites go to different segregated schools. While the white school has it all, the black school barely has anything. For example, a football field and lush grass for children to play in
