Cassie
Cassie is the protagonist of Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry. She is a nine-year old girl who is greatly discriminated. She has to face living every second being judged for being born black. She tries to protect her siblings in every way she can from the evil. She has a diffult time accepting the way she is discrimated from the whites. Cassie's family (the Logans) own plenty of land which they make their life around. Cassie is one of the more braver characters in this story, like when she stands up for Lillian Jean and fights back after being used by her for many days.
Little Man
"Little man" is the youngest of the Logan family. Little man likes to stand up for what is right throughout the book. He too doesn't get fully why blacks are so different then white people. In the first couple chapters of the book, he stands up for himself when he gets a old beaten up book passed down for more then 10 years and he sees where it says "Race of student" the white people owned the book until it was too poor of a condition to have them use. So then the textbooks got passed on to a only black school because of the condition of the book.
David Logan (Cassie's dad)
David Logan is Cassie, Stacey, Christopher-John and Little mans dad. David Logan is very supportive to his family and wife. He works most of the long year working hard days on the railroad. He tries hard to provide enough money to pay for the expenses that his family of four brings. He is very loving toward his kids and gives good advice to his kids about how to stand up to people.
Christopher-John
Christopher-John is siblings with Cassie, Little Man, and Stacey. Christopher-John has a quite personality and often reminds his brothers and sister that they are breaking their parents' rules. But usually he ends up following his other siblings to avoid being left behind.
Stacey Logan
He is the oldest of the Logan children (12 years of age.) He knows the most about the discrimation toward negros compared tot the other children. Since he is still only a child, he still can be very foolish, for example, He gave T.J. a very nice jacket that his uncle Hammer gave to him. T.J. tricked him into telling him Stacey that the jacket was to big and looked like a preacher to him. So stacey got fooled into giving it to him. Though he starts to become more of a adult he is responsible for making adult descions and not have pe
Ma
Ma is a very assertive ma and knows what is best for her children. Many times throughout the novel she teaches the her kids many important lessons about discrimination She used to love to work at an school which her kids also attended. But, she loses her job because she is teaching the students the wrong material.
BIG MA
Big Ma is the grandmother of the Logan children. She mostly helps out with the chores around the house. She always tries to protect her grandchildren. She never fails at being being very caring and will always listen to her grandchildren.
