Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry

  • Period: to

    begining to end. dates are approximate, just follow for a general idea

    dates are approximate, just follow for a general idea
  • August=school

    August=school
    First day of school for the Logan's. Casie and Little man get in trouble for refusing to use books because of condition and racist pages.
  • papa arrives

    papa arrives
    papa comes home and brings Mr. Morrison, a fired railroad worker. He becomes a worker and bodyguard.
  • bus crash

    bus crash
    The Logans crashed a white bus in a pit,nobody hurt
  • Cassie goes to strawberry

    Cassie goes to strawberry
    Cassie is punished y many white people for being free willed. she is pushed by Charlie Simms.*
  • close call

    close call
    Uncle Hammer finds out about strayberry and almost attacks Charlie Simms
  • revelation

    revelation
    Mama lectures Cassie about racism and how whites think they are better than blacks. Cassie is mad and does not understand why.
  • Cassie beats up lillian jean

    Cassie beats up lillian jean
    Cassie beat up Lillian Jean, and got away with it through threats that she could hurt her social status.
  • Mama fired

    Mama fired
    Mama is fired from teaching position. T.J. is suspected as the one who told on her, logans abandon T.J.
  • ambush

    ambush
    papa, Mr. Morrison, and stacy are ambushed by the wallaces, papa's leg was broken, but Mr. Morrison beats up the wallaces
  • T.J.

    T.J.
    T.J. is caught stealing and is pending to be punnished
  • fire

    fire
    Fire is started on logan land, it is put out but burns cotton. Papa lit it to save T.J. from being hung.