For one of the questions for the book Bud,Not Buddy. Why was Mr.Lewis concerned about their safety while they were in Owosso,Michigan?

It was two-thirty in the morning, and Owosso was well-known for its intolerance to black people coming through their town.

"See, my eyes aren't near as bad as I thought they were, I knew you had a box or something. Bud-not- Buddy, you don't know how lucky you are I came through here, some of these Owosso folks used to have a sign hanging along here that said, and I'm going to clean up the language for you, it said, 'To Our Negro Friends Who Are Passing Through, Kindly Don't Let the Sun Set on Your Rear End in Owosso!' "