Discuss Logan’s struggle against intolerance.

Racism is at the heart of this book. The narrative follows the tragic effects of racism on the black and white citizens of the rural area near Strawberry, Mississippi, during the Depression. Racial segregation is clearly illustrated in the opening chapters. The black children attend a shabby, dismal school in a group of four ill-heated and weather-beaten houses where classrooms are separated by curtains. The crabgrass lawn is forage for the caretaker's cow. The children walk as much as 3-and-a-half hours each way to attend school, often barefoot, wearing faded, patched, threadbare clothing. They're thrilled to receive books, until they realize they've been given the white children's castoffs, texts that are 12 years out of date. The Logan family owns their own land which infuriates white farmers. This intolerance is waged against the Logans through violence and intimidation.