The road to Memphis

By Mildred D. Taylor

In 1941 a black youth, sadistically teased by two white boys in rural Mississippi, severely injures one of them with a tire iron and enlists Cassie's help in trying to flee the state.

Mississippi Bridge.

By Mildred D. Taylor

Mississippi bridge

By Mildred D. Taylor

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...

Mississippi bridge

By Mildred D. Taylor

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...

Let the Circle Be Unbroken

By Mildred D. Taylor

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.

Roll of thunder, hear my cry

By Mildred D. Taylor

A black family living in Mississippi during the Depression of the 1930s is faced with prejudice and discrimination which its children do not understand.

Kuyu

By Mildred D. Taylor

Dicey s Song

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Song of the Trees

By Mildred D. Taylor, Jerry Pinkney

Let the Circle Be Unbroken

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