Due to the opposition towards James H. Meredith (first African American to register at the University of Mississippi), President J. F. Kennedy makes a speech on how people can disagree on a law but no one should disobey the law.
Baines teaches Detroit Red the symbolism of language through the contrast of the two words, "black" and "white." He suggests that society views the white man as the definition of "white" and the black man as the definition of "black."