In the name of justice, the Logan children would risk lives, sending a bus crashing into their manmade lake. In Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by Mildred D. Taylor, many of the characters trying to achieve justice use revenge. Most of the original conflicts concern race and inequality, but these strong-willed individuals will stand for nothing but fairness. Many of the novel's characters are very concerned with justice.

Cassie sought justice after Lillian Jean's cruelty to her in Strawberry. Lillian Jean and her father tormented Cassie physically and verbally when they met in Strawberry. Cassie, infuriated, plotted to revenge herself. Cassie was not willing to passively accept inequality among races. Cassie beat Lillian Jean up so much that "...by the time [Cassie] finished jerking at her head...[Lillian Jean] would have apologized for the world being round had [Cassie] demanded it." Cassie's revenge brought about the feeling...