The Role Of African Americans In Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Have you ever imagined what it would be like to live in the early 1900’s when there was segregation and prejudice actions towards blacks? Throughout history, African Americans have been dealing with discrimination and racism. In the novel Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry by Mildred D. Taylor, and the video “Eyes on the Prize”, there are many similar and different struggles that they both face. During the Civil Right Movement, African Americans show analogous events of bigotry and determination. For starters, Mama and Rosa Parks both have courage because they both risked their lives for what they want, knowing that it could possibly get them punished. Such as when Mama started the boycott against the Wallace Store, she says, “as I see it the least we can do is stop shopping there, we owe it
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Secondly, in the novel and in real life, whites have got away with about anything, even murder. Like when the Wallaces burned the berrys house down and killed Mr. berry and his family because they were “flirting” with a white woman. But no one did anything about it because people were too scared to go to the police because they knew if they did the Wallaces would come after them. Similar to, when Roy and JW murdered Emmett Till for acting fresh toward a white woman, and they got sent to court and after they were proven innocent and released, they told a reported that they really did kill Emmett and they ended up getting away with murder because of the amendment of no double jeopardy. Obviously, whites do not get punished for the horrible, immane acts they do to blacks. Lastly, police show no respect for blacks, they do nothing to help them, they just allow whites whites to beat African Americans right in front of them. For instance, when the Wallaces were lynching T.J. for getting caught stealing, all the sheriff said “Mr. Granger sent the word by me that he ain’t gonna stand for no lynching on his place” ( Taylor 255). The sheriff does nothing to stop the Wallaces, he
Secondly, in the novel and in real life, whites have got away with about anything, even murder. Like when the Wallaces burned the berrys house down and killed Mr. berry and his family because they were “flirting” with a white woman. But no one did anything about it because people were too scared to go to the police because they knew if they did the Wallaces would come after them. Similar to, when Roy and JW murdered Emmett Till for acting fresh toward a white woman, and they got sent to court and after they were proven innocent and released, they told a reported that they really did kill Emmett and they ended up getting away with murder because of the amendment of no double jeopardy. Obviously, whites do not get punished for the horrible, immane acts they do to blacks. Lastly, police show no respect for blacks, they do nothing to help them, they just allow whites whites to beat African Americans right in front of them. For instance, when the Wallaces were lynching T.J. for getting caught stealing, all the sheriff said “Mr. Granger sent the word by me that he ain’t gonna stand for no lynching on his place” ( Taylor 255). The sheriff does nothing to stop the Wallaces, he