A black family living in Mississippi during the Depression of the 1930s is faced with prejudice and discrimination which its children do not understand.
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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.
A black family living in Mississippi during the Depression of the 1930s is faced with prejudice and discrimination which its children do not understand.
This unforgettable saga of racial tensions in the turbulent South has become a modern classic. Now on the 20th anniversary of its winning the Newbery Medal, "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry" is being reissued in a larger, digest size. "Taylor . . . writes not with rancor or bitterne...
A black family living in Mississippi during the Depression of the 1930s is faced with prejudice and discrimination which its children do not understand.
"Spotlighting dozens of titles that have been challenged since 2015 and that are written for young children through teens, this book provides librarians the information and guidance they need to defend challenged books with an informed response"-- Provided by publisher.
A black family living in the South during the 1930's are faced with prejudice and discrimination which their children don't understand.
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.
Four children witness a confrontation between an elderly black man and a white storekeeper in rural Mississippi in the 1930s.
"The book expands Teaching Banned Books to include more titles and more genres (such as graphic novels and nonfiction)"-- Provided by publisher.
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 saga of the Logan family - made famous in the Newbery Medal-winning Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry - concludes in a long-awaited and deeply fulfilling story. In her tenth book, Mildred Taylor completes her sweeping saga about the Logan family of Mississippi, which is also the ...
A black family living in the South during the 1930's are faced with prejudice and discrimination which their children don't understand.
"An irresistible, nostalgic, and insightful--and totally original--ramble through classic children's literature from Vanity Fair contributing editor (and father) Bruce Handy. In 1690, the dour New England Primer, thought to be the first American children's book, was published in...
Cassie Logan is a young woman now, searching for her place in the world, a journey that takes her from Toledo to California, to law school in Boston, and, ultimately, in the '60s, home to Mississippi for voter registration. She is witness to the now-historic events of the century...
An African-American family living in Mississippi during the Depression is faced with prejudice and discrimination that its children do not understand.
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.
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.