"My students were just awed by the fact that he (Griffin) was not allowed to use a bathroom," says Geneva Hargrove, a former high school English teacher who now directs federal and state programs in Texas. Still taught in high schools across the country, the book jump-starts conversation and personal reflection about race. "I judge it for its moral and historical significance, and the inspiration it gave to those of us still looking for hope in those days." Schools use book "You can judge the book on its literary merit, but that's not how I judge it," says Bob Ray Sanders, 64, whose columns for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram often confront racial themes.
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