CHARACTERS
oldest Logan child
Who is Stacey
a character that changes over time
What is a dynamic character?
Laws named after a minstrel made to separate people based upon race
What were the Jim Crow Laws?
Great Faith Elementary
What is the African American children's school?
"Y'all go ahead an get dirty if y'all wanna. Me, I'm gonna stay clean."
Who is Little Man?
store owner
Who is Mr. Barnett?
a struggle with self?
What is an internal conflict?
The court case Plessy v. Ferguson establishment
What is the case that began segregation?
Stacey, Cassie, Christopher John, and Little Man
Who are the Logan children?
"I betcha I could give y'all an earful 'bout that burnin' last night."
Who is TJ?
burned
Who is Mr. Berry?
establishes setting, characters, conflict
What is the exposition?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Who was president during the Great Depression? our novel?
teacher, mother, book mender
Who is Mama?
Who is Miss Crocker?
narrator
Who is Cassie?
A character that shows strengths and weaknesses in other character
What is a foil?
The hanging of someone (usually an African American) without a trial by jury with a judge...murder by hanging that is racially motivated
What is lynching?
refuses dirty book
Who is Little Man?
"I just wanna tell you how come Little Man done what he done."
Who is Cassie?
silent and strong
Who is Mr. Morrison?
the hero/heroine
What is the protagonist?
Brown v. Board of Education
The court case that ended segregation.
Believes kids should accept place in society.
Who is Miss Crocker?
"that doesn't mean they have to accept them...and maybe we don't either."
Who is Mama?