According to chapter 14 in the novel A Lesson Before Dying, it states, "In the kitchen was a black four-lid wood stove, a five-foot-tall white icebox, a handmade table with four wood-bottom chairs around it, a safe with screen doors for the dishes, a broom that had seen better days, an ax in the corner, and several black pots and aluminum pans, hanging from nails on the wall." Even if one did not know the exact setting which the story took place, it could be easily deduced that it was between the early and mid-1900s. As an aspect of history and as a theme, it is most related to racism and segregation in the southern states. After the end of slavery in the United States, Congress ratified a few amendments which gave blacks citizenship and the right to vote. However, the Supreme Court also made decisions which completely contradicted the acts of Congress and ended up separating the two races by making different facilities that were supposed to be "Separate but Equal."
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