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Girl at "colored" drinking fountain, county courthouse, North Carolina To Kill a Mockingbird:
An Historical Perspective

Reader's Guide for "Strong Men"

  1. Explain line 10 of the poem.
     
     
     
     

  2. What have you read in earlier readings for this unit that supports your interpretation of line 10?  Make specific references to earlier readings.
     
     
     
     

  3. How does the poem document the struggle of the African American people?
     
     
     
     

  4. What is your interpretation of the last stanza of the poem?
     
     
     

  5. The author intersperses dialect with standard English.  What is the poet trying to convey?
     
     
     
     

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