![]() In Chapter 9, Jus wins the state debate tournament with his debate partner, SJ. In Chapter 6, Jus learns that he has been accepted to Yale. ![]() He writes about the systemic racism that he faces on a daily basis in letters to Dr. He butts heads with his friend Manny's friends, the "crew"-four white teenagers named Jared, Blake, Kyle, and Tyler, who are covertly, and sometimes overtly, racist. He struggles with the realities of racism in the United States as well as among his own community at Bras Prep. Justyce is an observant and empathetic person who is trying to find the best path for himself. ![]() I'm ranked fourth in my graduating class of 83, I'm the captain of the debate team, I scored a 1560 and a 34 on my SATs and ACTs respectively, and despite growing up in a 'bad' area (not too far from your old stomping grounds), I have a future ahead of me that will likely include an Ivy League education, an eventual law degree, and a career in public policy" (10). I'm a 17-year-old high school senior and full-scholarship student at Braselton Preparatory Academy in Atlanta, Georgia. Martin Luther King Jr., he explains his background academic achievements, and hopes for the future: "My name is Justyce McAllister. In a letter he writes to the dead civil-rights leader Dr. He is a Black teenager from Atlanta who goes to a prestigious prep school on a full scholarship. ![]() Justyce is the protagonist of Dear Martin. ![]()
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