"'Well, this thing's bigger than you, son. In a certain sense, every Negro in America's on trial out there today'" (368).
Max says this to Bigger about his trial. I think this is a very important sentence, where is proves that the whole minority can be judged by one member of the group. Max is saying that it's not just Bigger whose life and reputation is on the line, but each and every black person in America.
Cagy: adj. showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
lauds: n. glorification
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