In the short story “The Lesson” the author addresses the issues of social inequalities and injustices imposed on African Americans in the 1960’s. In America, the sixties were a social, political, and chaotic period. During the time period, the short story takes place, blacks were not well educated. Back in previous decades, the African American society only knew poverty. One of the main characters Miss Moore, was one of the very few blacks that was well educated with a college degree. Miss Moore felt as if it was her responsibility to improve the neighborhood kids’ education. The narrator Sylvia, a poor African American girl, struggles with her growing awareness of social inequality. On one hot summer day Miss Moore took the neighborhood
