Hey guys! Today we talked about what it was like to live in the South in the 1940's. It was much different for black people than it was for white folks. Almost everything was segregated, or separated based on skin color. There were separate bathrooms, churches, schools, drinking fountains, bars, clubs, movie theaters, etc. Black people were looked down on and made to feel inferior to white people, and the white people always felt like they were better than the black people.
In the book we found out that Jefferson has been convicted of murder and robbery and will be executed. Everyone knew that this was going to happen, because a white man was dead and a black man was there. It didn't matter that Jefferson was innocent and just in the wrong place at the wrong time. His godmother, Miss Emma, did not like that Jefferson's defense attorney called him a hog and wants Grant, a school teacher, to help him become a man. -Mr. Phillips
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