1. A Time of Change
Written in the first person of a man named Robert Jones, the novel reflects on these years of intense social change that arose during and after the war. ... The war ended a decade-long depression for whites, and a century-long depression for blacks. ... A march of this scale that would bring attention to discrimination against African-Americans could only serve to embarrass the administration and contradict what they had been preaching against. ... This segment is just an example of the prejudice that blacks and minorities continued to experience even when they were supposedly "included" in...
- Word Count: 1898
- Approx Pages: 8
- Grade Level: High School