In the book, Thunderclap, Hear My Cry, the main theme of prejudice is constantly explored. Almost every single event or detail in history can connect to an instance of prejudice or a reaction against prejudice. First I would like to talk about the historical context of the book, then about the life of the Logans in general. This book is set in 1933 Mississippi during the Great Depression. At that time the South was extremely racist. Many whites were very disappointed to have lost the Civil War, as slavery had brought them a tremendous amount of wealth. Although slavery had been legally abolished, many in the South, including those who had held positions of authority and power, wanted to continue to dominate blacks in a segregated society. Considering the historical context of racism in the South, it is actually very unusual for the Logan family to own land. According to Gran Ma, the local large landowner, Harlan Granger's ancestor, had contributed quite a bit of money to the war, and was broke when the South lost. She had to sell 2,000 acres of her land to pay taxes, and from there Gran Ma's husband, Paul Edward, purchased 200 acres and Mr. Jamison, a white lawyer sympathetic to blacks, purchased 1,000 acres. Later, Mr. Jamison sold another 200 acres to Paul Edward, and so now he had 400 acres of land and this land passed to Big Ma, then to Uncle Hammer and Dad. However, the Logans came under constant pressure from Harlan Granger, who wished to regain the land his family had lost. The reader is first introduced to racial prejudice in the novel through the child characters with whom the novel opens. The Logan children are on their way to school when they meet their friend TJ, who tells them about Mr. Berr's fire...half of paper...they can afford such expensive items and automatically assume that black people are of lower rank and therefore they cannot own such luxurious objects. Furthermore, the very title of the book, Roll Of Thunder Hear My Cry, is a resistance song sung by African Americans during the days of slavery. Mr. Morrison sings this song every night after Dad is shot, which has a symbolic meaning: Although white people can control most of their lives, they are still not affected by them and will not let them "change my mind." Roll Of Thunder Hear My The main theme of Cry, prejudice, is what affected African American life during the Great Depression. It's what affected the Logan family then, and it's what affected the individual lives of Stacey, Cassie, Christopher-John and Little Man then. And so we say, “Sound of thunder, hear my cry, over the water, bye and bye.”