"The Lonesome Death"

In my senior year of high school, I was required to listen to two albums, watch two movies, and read two books that had been from at least 2 decades ago. One of the albums I chose belonged to my father, and was a Bob Dylan cd that he recommended. Much to his dismay, I did not enjoy the cd, but I can definitely respect Dylan's work and the impact that he had on other musicians. The current event that he wrote about in his song "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" is important to the time period, and I was shocked to read that her murderer only spent 6 months in jail. It is scary to think about how much of a problem existed between the white and black races in this decade. Although racism still happens, I cannot imagine living in a time where justice would not result from Caroll's murder. Dylan addresses this particular case, and applies it to the race problem as a whole.