Mississippi in the great depression is heavily segregated. The whites go to a high school named after a Confederate. They have a bus that takes them to school. The blacks go to a mediocre school. New textbooks go to the white students. Only after the books have deteriorated to poor condition do the blacks get them. Violence is still present. Whits are seen as superior to blacks. Officials won't prosecute whites for crimes against black. The black families farm as an attempt to get by. Some walk great distances from farm to school (and thus there is not a whole lot of education of older black children.) The protagonist's father goes away to work. There are various conflicts and threats to people, land and livelihood. It feels like the fairly common tale of racism in the segregated south.
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