Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Name: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Author: Mildred D. Taylor

by Mildred D. Taylor

Black family in Depression-era Mississippi fights racism and injustice

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Mildred D. Taylor

Mildred D. Taylor is an American author whose Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry won the Newbery Medal. Her Logan family saga chronicles African American life in the Jim Crow South.

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