![]() ![]() In 1973, Taylor, an unknown writer and former Peace Corps volunteer, entered a contest sponsored by the Council on Interracial Books for Children. Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry recounted the story of the proud, strong-willed Logans, a family who, much like the Taylors, farmed their own land yet were routinely treated like alien intruders by nearly all their white neighbors. Marcus.įorty years ago this fall, a stirring novel for young readers debuted that pulled no punches as it chronicled the precarious situation of a close-knit African-American family living in segregated rural Mississippi during the Great Depression. Taylor’s groundbreaking novel Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, this stirring exhibition showcases the Newbery Medal-winning manuscript, original art by Jerry Pinkney, Wendell Minor, and Kadir Nelson, and other artifacts associated with Taylor’s classic tale of America’s struggle for racial justice. ![]() In celebration of the fortieth anniversary of Mildred D. ![]()
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