The Jim Crow Laws and ALBD

Hi WRITER

1. Click and read a sampling of THE JIM CROW LAWS (http://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/what.htm) and answer the following questions in Discussion Forum #7:

How does the knowledge of the Jim Crow Laws inform your understanding of the novel A Lesson Before Dying?

What impact do you think these laws had on the characters? Use specific examples from the text to support your assertions.

Click and Read the information on Joe Louis and Jackie Robinson here(http://www.boxinginsider.com/history/joe-louis-as-civil-rights-pioneer/) Then answer the following question.

What role do you think these sports figures have in the novel?

What does including these figures in the novel imply about heroes and American history and culture?