INTRODUCTION In 1988, the now-bestselling author and former lawyer John Grisham had his first book published. ... PURPOSE OF THIS PAPER The book offers a variety of social commentary, especially on race-related issues. ... (Baldassarro) It is certainly not likely that a book that has no current-day relevance anymore would receive such a treatment. 4. ... The most extreme form of continued racism in the novel is the return of the Ku Klux Klan to Clanton halfway through the book. ... "[T]he Kluxers listened intently to this ignorant redneck. [] they had also read the papers and watched T...

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Horton (2002) says Blacks were scouts, interpreters, navigators, and military men, and were among those who first encountered Native Americans. ... Slaves were confined for two to three months in irons in the hold of a slave ship during the crossing of the Atlantic Ocean called the Middle Passage, where thousands died on their way to the colonies. The vast majority of Africans brought to the British colonies worked as agricultural laborers; many were brought to the colonies specifically for their experience in rice growing, cattle herding, or river navigation (Collier, 1985). ... The movemen...

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