A Lesson Before Dying "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.'" - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Suffering through the horrors of racism, black Americans appear to have no chance of progression in society. As exemplified by the Interactionist viewpoint, "racial, religious, and other cultural differentiation can …showed first 75 words of 1677 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1677 total…tale about the great evil and ultimately the greater good that human beings are capable of inflicting on each other. What makes this book a phenomenal read is that it presents its message so effectively. It is a moral lesson without preaching, a cry for justice without propaganda. One must consider what is written in this book before even beginning to conceive what it means to be American, and for that matter a human being.