Taylor, Mildred D.

Roll of thunder, hear my cry by Mildred D Taylor ( Book )
156 editions published between 1976 and 2011 in 14 languages and held by 5,684 libraries worldwide
A black family living in Mississippi during the Depression of the 1930s is faced with prejudice and discrimination which its children do not understand.

Let the circle be unbroken by Mildred D Taylor ( Book )
43 editions published between 1981 and 2007 in 5 languages and held by 3,750 libraries worldwide
Four black children growing up in rural Mississippi during the Depression experience racial antagonisms and hard times, but learn from their parents the pride and self-respect they need to survive.

The land by Mildred D Taylor ( Book )
30 editions published between 2000 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 3,344 libraries worldwide
After the Civil War Paul, the son of a white father and a black mother, finds himself caught between the two worlds of colored folks and white folks as he pursues his dream of owning land of his own.

The road to Memphis by Mildred D Taylor ( Book )
22 editions published between 1989 and 1999 in English and held by 3,294 libraries worldwide
Sadistically teased by two white boys in 1940's rural Mississippi, a black youth severely injures one of the boys with a tire iron and enlists Cassie's help in trying to flee the state.

The friendship by Mildred D Taylor ( Book )
15 editions published between 1987 and 1998 in English and held by 2,686 libraries worldwide
Four children witness a confrontation between an elderly black man and a white storekeeper in rural Mississippi in the 1930s.

The well : David's story by Mildred D Taylor ( Book )
11 editions published between 1995 and 2006 in English and held by 2,570 libraries worldwide
In Mississippi in the early 1900s ten-year-old David Logan's family generously shares their well water with both white and black neighbors in an atmosphere of potential racial violence. Narrated by Cassie's father as a boy, The Well is "a brief but compelling novel about . . .the saving power of human dignity."

Mississippi bridge by Mildred D Taylor ( Book )
17 editions published between 1990 and 2003 in English and held by 2,371 libraries worldwide
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.

Song of the trees by Mildred D Taylor ( Book )
25 editions published between 1975 and 2009 in English and held by 2,082 libraries worldwide
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.

The gold Cadillac by Mildred D Taylor ( Book )
6 editions published between 1987 and 1999 in English and held by 1,949 libraries worldwide
Two black girls living in the North are proud of their family's beautiful new Cadillac until they take it on a visit to the South and encounter racial prejudice for the first time.

Roll of thunder, hear my cry ( Visual )
10 editions published between 1978 and 1993 in English and held by 646 libraries worldwide
In Mississippi, during the Great Depression of the 1930's, the Logans are one of the few Black families who own their own land. Nine-year-old Cassie Logan doesn't understand why her parents attach so much importance to this, any more than she understands the Night Riders, white men who terrorize her people.