"A Lesson Before Dying" The novel begins with the question: how can justice prevail in a society dominated by a single group of people? The judge was white, the lawyers were white, and every member of the jury was white as well. Jefferson does not receive a trial by his peers. Jeff...

In to Kill a Mocking Bird, Scout learns many things. We meet Scout and her character when she is aged 6. She has grown living with a prejudice of Negro's, she has an impulsive character, she says things inappropriately. She has a short temper and is unaware of these problems and unaware of her chara...

This book "Down These Mean Streets" is a classic confessional autobiography. This book was first published in 1967. It was written by Piri Thomas, he was a man of African descent living in Spanish Harlem. It relates how he was lost even within his own family and his identity th...