What does the poem mean in roll of thunder, hear my cry?

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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

What does the poem mean in roll of thunder, hear my cry?

ROLL OF THUNDER
HEAR MY CRY
OVER THE WATER
BYE AND BYE
OLE MAN COMIN
DOWN THE LINE
WHIP IN HAND TO
BEAT ME DOWN

BUT I AINT
GONNA LET HIM
TURN ME ROUND

Asked by Carris M #520313 on 4/18/2016 9:06 PM

Last updated by jill d #170087 on 4/18/2016 9:09 PM

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Answered by jill d #170087 on 4/18/2016 9:09 PM

The song is a spiritual previously sung by slaves and its presence in this chapter speaks to the continued attempts at the whites to dominate blacks seventy years after the Civil War. But the end of the song is most significant, because it portrays blacks' refusal to be dominated.

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