Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Why is the land so important to Cassie’s family? It takes the events of one turbulent year – the year of the night riders and the burnings, the year a white girl humiliates Cassie in public simply because she is black – to show Cassie that having a place of their own is the Logan family’s lifeblood. It is the land that gives the Logan’s their courage and pride, for no matter how others may degrade them, the Logan’s posses something no one can take away.