Mississippi Trial, 1955

Chapters 1 and 2

What do we learn in chapters 1 and 2 about Hiram's grandfather's attitudes prejudices? Do you think that these attitudes are based on ignorance or lack of knowledge?

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Grampa tells Hiram that African Americans were created to do all of the hard labor in the heat and that whites were created to be their bosses. I think this is based on generations of ignorance and fear.

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