Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

On their way to school, the whites’ bus runs the children off the road, and they all fall into a

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The children fall into the muddy gully on the side of the road.

But as it was, we also had to worry about the Jefferson Davis school bus zooming frolic behind and splashing us with the murky waters of the road. Knowing that the bus driver liked to entertain his passengers by sending us slipping along the road to the almost inaccessible forest banks washed to a smooth baldness by the constant rains, we continuously looked over our shoulders when we were between the two crossroads so that we could reach the bank before the bus was upon us.

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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry