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auzziealltheway
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High School - 9th Grade
Who were the night riders and what were they doing?
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rugator Teacher
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Posted by rugator on Saturday October 17, 2009 at 7:56 AMThe night riders were white members of the community who went out at night terrorizing African-Americans who also lived in the community. In the story, the night riders were akin to members of the Ku Klux Klan (white supremacists) who wore white hoods and terrorized African-Americans. This group gained power in the southern states of the U.S. after the American Civil War.
The Logan children (in Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry), in one particular scene, feared that the night riders were "coming to get them" to exact revenge for the "bus incident." In actuality, the children were not the specific aim of the night riders, but the effect of their efforts still had a fearful impact on the Logan children.
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