Cassie's family was black so they had to pick cotton until October unlike the white children.
Jeremy tells Cassie this in Chapter 3 of "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry" when he walks her home from school. He expresses his feelings about his brothers in a conversation with Cassie.
Stacey, Cassie, and their brothers dug up the road and then the bus driver wont put mud on them anymore that's the right answer
Cassie Logan goes to the Great Faith Elementary School.
Stacey and his brothers sabotage the school bus by digging a trench in the road to make it crash. They do this in retaliation for the episode where the white children on the bus splashed them with mud and insults.
Cassie Bernall was one of the students killed in the Columbine High School shooting in 1999. She was shot by one of the gunmen during the rampage in the school library. Cassie's faith and courage during the attack became a symbol of hope and strength in the face of tragedy.
They wrote Cassie for Cassie Bernall, who was a Christian girl killed in the Columbine High School massacre. She was asked if she believed in God by Eric Harris, and when she replied yes, he shot and killed her. Flyleaf wrote Cassie because of the shooting.
Annie and her brothers are at school.
The irony in Cassie's statement is that she views sacrificing school as a volunteer act when, in reality, she is being forced to do so because of her circumstances. It highlights the lack of choice and agency that she has in the situation.
In "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry," Cassie's school is underfunded and lacks basic resources compared to the school attended by white children. While the white school boasts better facilities, textbooks, and supplies, Cassie's school faces overcrowded classrooms and outdated materials. This disparity highlights the systemic racism and inequality in education during that era, reflecting a broader societal divide between the races.
John Gomes Elementary School in Fremont, California. In the school, there was a picture hung on the wall for remembering her.
Probably 14 years old.
They first think that the night men were out because of what they had done to the school bus, but they find out that they were after Sam Tatum instead, for calling someone a liar.