In the novel Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor, Cassie Logan, an African- American girl, and her family become strongly disappointed in the segregated state of Mississippi, and the quality of black of treatment by the Caucasians of Strawberry and the neighboring towns. For example, Cassie experiences first-hand the horrible and cruel racism of the Caucasians underlined by Mr. Barnett when he announces, “Whose little [n*****] is this”(Taylor 111). This displays how slavery has ended, however, the white people are still clinging to the idea that blacks are less or lower than whites. This also shows the value Africans-Americans have in these communities in the South because, even though the North won, the South still treat Blacks
