Mississippi Trial, 1955

After their lunch, Hiram and Grampa go on a drive through the fields, and Grampa turns somber as he thinks about the lost relationship with his son. He tells Hiram how much he misses him, which saddens Hiram. They take a turn and go up towards the town called Money and Grampa says he will show Hiram how to get to their old fishing hole on the Tallahatchie River. On the way home, they stop by the county courthouse and Grampa goes into discuss business. Like when he was a young boy, Hiram goes down to visit Mr. Paul’s concessions stand and buys a root beer and chats with the older man. Mr. Paul, somewhat sarcastically, asks if his grandpa is there for “business,” then they go on to discuss the issue of desegregation. Hiram shows his ignorance to the issue and asks why wouldn’t black people want their own schools. Mr. Paul explains the terrible conditions and the overall injustice of the law. He offers a different perspective to Hiram than Grampa has, suggesting that perhaps “God put different kinds of people on earth so we could all learn to get along.