Mildred D. Taylor

| notableworks = ''[[Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry]]''

| notableworks = ''[[Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry]]''

| awards = [[Newbery Medal]] (1977)
[[NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature]] (2003)
[[ALA Lifetime Achievement Award]] (2020)
[[Children's Literature Legacy Award]] (2021)

| awards = [[Newbery Medal]] (1977)
[[NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature]] (2003)
[[ALA Lifetime Achievement Award]] (2020)
[[Children's Literature Legacy Award]] (2021)

| relatives = [[Brittany Friedman]]

| relatives = [[Brittany Friedman]][[Father: Wilbert Lee Taylor]][[Mother: delta Marie Taylor]][[siblings: Wilma Taylor]]

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Taylor's books chronicle the lives of several generations of the Logan family, from times of slavery to the Jim Crow era. Her most recognizable work is ''[[Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry]]'' (1976), which won the [[Newbery Medal]] in 1977 and has been integrated into the language arts curriculum in many classrooms across the United States. "Roll of Thunder" is flanked by several books that include titles such as ''[[Song of the Trees]]'' (1975), ''[[Let the Circle Be Unbroken]]'' (1981), ''[[The Road to Memphis (novel)|The Road to Memphis]]'' (1992), and ''[[The Land (Taylor novel)|The Land]]'' (2001).[https://www.goodreads.com/series/54001-logans "Logans series"] at Goodreads. Her collective contributions to children's literature resulted in her being awarded the inaugural [[NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature]] in 2003.{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-117451123.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611123321/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-117451123.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 11, 2014|title=My life as a writer. (Mildred D. Taylor)|work=[[World Literature Today]]|date= May 1, 2004|url-access=subscription |access-date= April 12, 2014}}

Taylor's books chronicle the lives of several generations of the Logan family, from times of slavery to the Jim Crow era. Her most recognizable work is ''[[Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry]]'' (1976), which won the [[Newbery Medal]] in 1977 and has been integrated into the language arts curriculum in many classrooms across the United States. "Roll of Thunder" is flanked by several books that include titles such as ''[[Song of the Trees]]'' (1975), ''[[Let the Circle Be Unbroken]]'' (1981), ''[[The Road to Memphis (novel)|The Road to Memphis]]'' (1992), and ''[[The Land (Taylor novel)|The Land]]'' (2001).[https://www.goodreads.com/series/54001-logans "Logans series"] at Goodreads. Her collective contributions to children's literature resulted in her being awarded the inaugural [[NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature]] in 2003.{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-117451123.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611123321/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-117451123.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 11, 2014|title=My life as a writer. (Mildred D. Taylor)|work=[[World Literature Today]]|date= May 1, 2004|url-access=subscription |access-date= April 12, 2014}}

== family==

Taylor's works are based on [[oral history]] told to her by her father, uncles, and aunt. Taylor has said that without her family, and especially without her father, her books "would not have been".{{cite journal |last1=Taylor |first1=Mildred D. |title=Tapped on the Shoulder |journal=World Literature Today |date=September 2014 |volume=88 |issue=5 |pages=60–61 |doi=10.7588/worllitetoda.88.5.0060|s2cid=163585035 }} She has stated that these anecdotes became very clear in her mind, and in fact, once she realized that adults talked about the past, "I began to visualize all the family who had once known the land, and I felt as if I knew them, too ..."{{cite news |title=Acceptance of the [[Boston Globe–Horn Book Award]] for ''The Friendship'' |work=[[The Horn Book Magazine]] |date=March 1989 |pages=179–80}}

Taylor's works are based on [[oral history]] told to her by her father, uncles, and aunt. Taylor has said that without her family, and especially without her father, her books "would not have been".{{cite journal |last1=Taylor |first1=Mildred D. |title=Tapped on the Shoulder |journal=World Literature Today |date=September 2014 |volume=88 |issue=5 |pages=60–61 |doi=10.7588/worllitetoda.88.5.0060|s2cid=163585035 }} She has stated that these anecdotes became very clear in her mind, and in fact, once she realized that adults talked about the past, "I began to visualize all the family who had once known the land, and I felt as if I knew them, too ..."{{cite news |title=Acceptance of the [[Boston Globe–Horn Book Award]] for ''The Friendship'' |work=[[The Horn Book Magazine]] |date=March 1989 |pages=179–80}}

== Works ==

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