Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Mildred D. Taylor

Cassie didn't understand why farming his own land meant so much to her father. During that year, in the 1930s, when the night riders carried destruction among her people, she learned that it was worth fighting for a principle even if it brought terrible hardships....

The Last Days of Socrates - Plato: Translated by Christopher Rowe - Penguin Classics

Plato

"Consider just this, and give your minds to this alone: whether or not what I say is just"   Plato's account of Socrates' trial and death (399 BC) is a significant moment in Classical literature and the life of Classical Athens. In these four dialogues, Plato develops the Socratic belief in responsibili...