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ROLL OF THUNDER HEAR MY CRY

A black family living in the South during the 1930's are faced with prejudice and discrimination which their children don't understand.

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  • "Mildred D. Taylor"
  • "Mildred D. Taylor : roll of thunder, hear my cry"

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  • "A black family living in the South during the 1930's are faced with prejudice and discrimination which their children don't understand."@en
  • "In Mississippi, during the Great Depression of the 1930's the Logans are one of the few Black families who own their own land. Nine-year-old Cassie Logan doesn't understand why her parents attach so much importance to this, any more than she understands the Night Riders--white men who terrorize her people."@en
  • "Narration by the author of a story of a black family's struggles to overcome discrimination in the South during the 1930s."@en
  • "Mildred Taylor talks about her novel, her family's experience, and the general experience of African Americans in the American South."
  • "In Mississippi, during the Great Depression of the 1930's the Logans are one of the few Black families who own their own land. Nine-year-old Cassie Logan doesn't understand why her parents attach so much importance to this, any more than she understands the Night Riders-white men who terrorize her people."@en
  • "In Mississippi, during the Great Depression of the 1930's the Logans are one of the few Black families who own their own land. Nine-year-old Cassie Logan doesn't understand why her parents attach so much importance to this, any more than she understands the Night Riders-white men who terrorize her people."
  • "The story of an 11-year-old Black girl growing up in Mississippi in 1933, who comes to learn the importance of strong family ties. (Does not circulate)."@en
  • "In Mississippi, during the Great Depression of the 1930's the Logans are one of the few Black families who own their own land. Nine-year old Cassie Logan doesn't understand why her parents attach so much importance to this, any more than she understands the Night Riders-white men who terrorize her people."@en
  • "Mildred Taylor talks about the origins of the story and characters in her family's experience and the more general experience of blacks in the American South. The book chronicles a black child's progression from innocence to awareness to bitterness and disillusion."
  • "In Mississippi, during the Great Depression of the 1930's, the Logans are one of the few Black families who own their own land. Nine-year-old Cassie Logan doesn't understand why her parents attach so much importance to this, any more than she understands the Night Riders, white men who terrorize her people."
  • "In Mississippi, during the Great Depression of the 1930's, the Logans are one of the few Black families who own their own land. Nine-year-old Cassie Logan doesn't understand why her parents attach so much importance to this, any more than she understands the Night Riders, white men who terrorize her people."@en
  • ""'Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry' is a drama told through the eyes of a young black girl, Cassie Logan, growing up in the South during the Depression. The 13-year-old girl, inspired by her family's struggle to keep the land that has been its own for three generations, finds hope for the future despite the hardships of the Depression."--1978 Peabody Awards entry form. The story is set in 1933 Mississippi. The Logan family must fight to keep their home from a landowner who uses racial hatred and violence to intimidate black families in the area to sell their property. The Logans lead a boycott to fight the landowner and others in the town who support him. The boycott leads to attempts on the lives of David and Mr. Morrison, Mary losing her job as a teacher, and the bank prematurely calling the loan on their home. Through all of this, Cassie learns the need for standing up for your beliefs."@en
  • "A resource kit designed to help teach this major work of literature."
  • "Filmed in Mississippi, where her award winning novel is set, Mildred Taylor talks about the origins of the story and characters in her family's experience and the more general experience of blacks in the American South. The author narrates excerpts from her book."
  • "Set in the poverty-stricken South of 1933, tells the story of a Black family's struggle to hold on to the land they have owned for three generations."@en
  • "In Mississippi during the Great Depression of the 1930's, the Logans are one of the few black families who own their own land. Nine-year-old Cassie Logan doesn't understand why her parents attach so much importance to this, any more than she understands the Night Riders--white men who terrorize her people."@en
  • "The struggle of a black family to keep their land and their dignity in Mississippi during the Depression."

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  • "Juvenile works"@en
  • "Film adaptations"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Children's films"@en
  • "Children's films and programs"@en
  • "Biography"
  • "Drama"
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  • "Television"@en

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  • "ROLL OF THUNDER HEAR MY CRY"@en
  • "Roll of thunder, hear my cry"
  • "Roll of thunder, hear my cry"@en
  • "Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry"

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