What are facts about Mildred D Taylor?

Answer 1

Mildred D. Taylor was born in Jackson, Mississippi, but her family soon moved to Toledo, Ohio. Her father was a habitual storyteller, and by the time she went to high school, Taylor was confident that she would be a writer when she grew up. She attended the University of Toledo, and after graduation worked for two years in Ethiopia, teaching English. She has worked at the University of Colorado, where as a member of the Black Student Alliance she helped establish a Black Studies program

She based her books on he own family stories

she wrote:

• Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
• The Friendship
• Let the Circle Be Unbroken
• Song of the Trees (1975)
• The Well (1995)
• Mississippi Bridge (2000)
• The Gold Cadillac: A Fancy New Car and an Unforgettable Drive (1998)
• The Land (Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner--2001)
• The Well: David's Story
• The Road to Memphis
• Song of the Trees (1973

Answer 2

Mildred D. Taylor was born in Jackson, Mississippi, but her family soon moved to Toledo, Ohio. Her father was a habitual storyteller, and by the time she went to high school, Taylor was confident that she would be a writer when she grew up. She attended the University of Toledo, and after graduation worked for two years in Ethiopia, teaching English. She has worked at the University of Colorado, where as a member of the Black Student Alliance she helped establish a Black Studies program.

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Crywas first published in 1976, and won the Newbery Medal in 1977. It is set in 1933, in Mississippi--during the Great Depression, when many people were very poor. Poverty is a fact of life for many of the book's charac ters. Although the Logans own their own land, many in the black community are sharecroppers. Sharecroppers are farmers who do not own the land they work. In exchange for the use of the land, the farmers must give a certain percentage of their harvest to the owner.

Answer 3

"The vivid story of a black family whose warm ties to each other and their land give them the strength to defy rural southern racism during the Depression, this [novel] grows with convincing detail of character and situation, punctuated by tension-building incidents. . . . Entirely through its own internal development, the novel shows the rich inner rewards of black pride, love, and independence."

Answer 4

mildred taylor traveled to Africa and in 1971 moved to la were she focused on wrighting born in jackson, mississippi on september 13,1943