Mildred D. Taylor

"In her tenth book, Mildred Taylor completes her sweeping saga about the Logan family of Mississippi, which is also the story of the civil rights movement in America of the 20th century. Cassie Logan, first met in Song of the Trees and Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, is a young woman now, searching for her place in the world, a journey that takes her from Toledo to California, to law school in Boston, and, ultimately, in the 60s, home to Mississippi to participate in voter registration. She is witness to the now-historic events of the century: the Great Migration north, the rise of the civil rights movement, preceded and precipitated by the racist society of America, and the often violent confrontations that brought about change."--

All the Days Past, All the Days to Come

Let the Circle Be Unbroken

Cassie Logan, a young black woman in 1940s Mississippi, becomes caught up in a tense confrontation between blacks and whites--three days of turmoil and unrest that will change her life forever. Reprint. Coretta Scott King Award.

The Road to Memphis

During the Depression, a rural black family deeply attached to the forest on their land tries to save it from being cut down by an unscrupulous white man.

Song of the Trees

Two African-American girls living in the North are proud of their family's beautiful new 1950 Cadillac, until they take it on a visit to the South and encounter racial prejudice for the first time. Reprint.

The Gold Cadillac

David's Story

The Well 

During a heavy rainstorm in 1930s rural Mississippi, a ten-year-old white boy sees a bus driver order all the black passengers off a crowded bus to make room for late-arriving white passengers and then set off across the raging Rosa Lee River, in a powerful story of racial injustice. Reissue.

Mississippi Bridge

Winner of the Newbery Medal, this remarkably moving novel has impressed the hearts and minds of millions of readers. Set in Mississippi at the height of the Depression, this is the story of one family's struggle to maintain their integrity, pride, and independence in the face of racism and social injustice. And it is also Cassie's story—Cassie Logan, an independent girl who discovers over the course of an important year why having land of their own is so crucial to the Logan family, even as she learns to draw strength from her own sense of dignity and self-respect. * "[A] vivid story.... Entirely through its own internal development, the novel shows the rich inner rewards of black pride, love, and independence."—Booklist, starred review

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Puffin Modern Classics)

Four children witness a confrontation between an elderly black man and a white storekeeper in rural Mississippi in the 1930s.

The Friendship

"This dramatic sequel to Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry is a powerful novel . . .capable of touching readers of any age." --The Christian Science Monitor

Let the Circle be Unbroken

Linda Beech

The story of one African-American family fighting to stay together and strong in the face of brutal racist attacks, illness, poverty, and betrayal in the Deep South of the 1930s.

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

A black family living in the South during the 1930's are faced with prejudice and discrimination which their children don't understand.

Center for Learning

Lynne A. Dalby

Curriculum Unit

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry/Let the Circle Be Unbroken

During a drought, the Logan family shares their well water with all their neighbors, black and white alike. But David and Hammer find it hard to share with Charlie Simms, who torments them because they are black. Hammer's pride and Charlie's meanness

The Well

hear me cry

Roll of thunder

The Friendship and Other Stories

Teacher Guide

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by Mildred D. Taylor

Cassie witnesses a black man address a white storekeeper by his first name. "A powerful story . . .Readers will be haunted by its drama and emotion long after they have closed the book." --Booklist

Contains an excerpt of author's Roll of thunder, hear my cry.

Mildred D. Taylor

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