The book Sources of Light by Margaret McMullan is told by a girl named Sam. She moved to Jackson, Mississippi in 1962 when her father died in the war. While she spends time there with her mother, she gets a camera from Perry, a friend of her mother. And she witnesses segregationists being violent to black people and prejudice in Mississippi. She feels that it was wrong to treat people like that.
In the beginning, she was taught by her mother that everyone is equal. Later on, she sees that prejudice is spread throughout the town and feels that it was not right, but other people in her life, such as Stone, persuade her to follow the rules for her own safety. I thought that it was nice that she was taught that everyone is equal because not many people believe that during 1962. As time progressed, violence and protests continues to take place as registration in voting starts.
Sam soon finds out that the father of a close friend, Stone, is a member of the Citizen's Council, which is a group similar to the Ku Klux Klan. She feels a bit unsure of the situation, and I would have been too, if I were her. The next day, they discovered that Perry got hurt because of segregation and registration to vote. Later they found who had injured him and things settled down. Sam's mother decided to travel to Boston, Washington, D.C., and Greece. And things turned out all right for Sam.
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