Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Exposition

Feb 1, 1932

Characters: Cassie Logan, Little Man, Stacey Logan, Mama Logan, Big Ma, David Logan Setting: Mississippi, 1932 Conflict: The blacks are not treated fairly as the whites.

School: Pasting Over the Books

Feb 3, 1932

Mary covers the inside of the book with construction paper.

Hole In the Road

Feb 5, 1932

The Logan kids make a hole in the road so the bus won't purposefully hit them.

Going to Strawberry

Mar 1, 1932

Cassie goes to Strawberry and gets pushed around because she is black.She does not understand why everyone is so disrespectful to her.

Reality

Mar 3, 1932

Mama explains racism to Cassie and how white people think they are better than them. Uncle Hammer comes and almost attacks Charlie for pushing Cassie.

Cassie beats up Lillian Jean

Mar 6, 1932

Cassie decides to pretend to fit the "slave" stereotype until she beats up Lillian Jean and threatens her.

Christmas

Mar 8, 1932

Uncle Hammer gets the Logan family something for Christmas and gives Stacey a jacket, but he ends up giving it to T.J.

Tired of T.J.

Mar 12, 1932

The Logan kids tell T.J. off after getting tired of his bullying.

Theif

Mar 15, 1932

T.J. begins hanging out at the Wallace Store and becomes a thief. T.J. is beaten up after breaking into a store.

Ambush

Mar 20, 1932

Papa, Mr. Morrison, and Stacey are ambushed by the Wallace boys. Papa's leg is broken. Mr. Morrison beats up the Wallaces.

Fire in the Land

Mar 23, 1932

Papa starts a fire on the Logan land to avoid a lynching of T.J. and possibly the Logan's. The fire is put out and had eaten up a quarter of their cotton.

Resolution

Mar 25, 1932

T.J. goes to jail and even though he wasn't very nice to Stacey. Stacey doesn't want him to go to jail. Cassie never liked T.J. but he had always been a part of her life. Cassie cries for T.J. and the land.