I choose this this particiular book because I was interested in knowing in Black culture****** The Long Dream was during the Jim Crow's Law Era, which segregated blacks and whites.The political figures in the book was the Chief of Police Cantly, whoi takes bribes to keep illegal businesess from being closed. Another political figure was Attorney Harvey McWilliams who had ran for mayor, who waa a very outspoken, reformer man and belived in juststice …showed first 75 words of 828 total…

…showed last 75 words of 828 total…life. I really enjoyed this book. It gave me a better perspective in how blacks were treated in the south. Even though slavery had ended, and all should be peace. They were still coinsidered ignorant and were treated different. Now in days alot has changed, there is no discremanation out in public only within the individual. Blacks are trated like anyother individual, with equal rights. Blacks hold important position in either business or political positions.