Challenges of the Logans

The Logan family lives in 1933 Mississippi. They live in a segregated town with lots of racist white folk. The Logans face tough challenges and hatred from the white towns people, but they don't accept the hate without fighting. They are strong, tough people who do not take anything from anyone.

The Logans face hatred and segregation from the white folks in their neighborhood. Like the day the Logan kids were waiting for the school bus. The bus took a long time to come, but when it finally came, the bus splashed water and mud from the ground onto the kids. While the bus was driving away, kids on the bus yelled, " Nigger Nigger Mud Eater", at the kids. Another example of the hatred shown to the Logans is when T. J, a friend of the Logans, was framed for the murder of Jim Lee Barnett. TJ was befriended by RW and Melvin Simms. One night, Melvin, RW, and TJ went to Strawberry. They had a plan to steal a pistol, but when Mr. Barnett came they got scared. So RW hit Jim Lee with a flat axe and then they all T. J was blamed for the murder Mr.Barnett. I feel bad for TJ and the Logans.

Even though they have tough, frustrating problems, the Logans do not stay down and have the racist whites walk all over them. After being humiliated by the bus driver, the Logan children hatch a brilliant plan. At school, during lunch, the kids went to the garden house and stole some shovels. In the heavy rain, the kids dug up holes near a sidewalk. " Good, the more rain, the better," said Stacey. See, the plan was to have water from the road fill in the holes and as the bus came by, it would get stuck after hitting the holes.