Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
by Mildred D. Taylor · first published 1976
50% recommend50% neutral
Set in Mississippi at the height of the Depression, it is the story of one family's struggle to maintain their integrity, pride, and independence. It is a story of physical survival, but more important, it is a story of the survival of the human spirit. And, too, it is Cassie's story -- Cassie Logan, an independent girl raised by a family for whom independence is primary, a family determined not to relinquish their humanity simply because they are Black. Cassie has grown up protected, grown up strong, and so far grown up unaware that any white person could force her to be untrue to herself, co
Affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
Mentions per year
What Hacker News says
Related books
2008–2026To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
Recommended by 72 · mentioned by 24172 recommend · 241 mention72 recommend · 24172 recommend
2007–2026Animal Farm
George Orwell
Recommended by 105 · mentioned by 407105 recommend · 407 mention105 recommend · 407105 recommend
2007–2026Dune
Frank Herbert
Recommended by 193 · mentioned by 512193 recommend · 512 mention193 recommend · 512193 recommend
…relations sure as hell aren't perfect, they're a far cry better than the era of racial terrorism that lasted until the '60s. You want to see what it was like to be black in the south in the '30s? Go read Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor. Segregation was just the tip of the iceberg. And there's an excellent article out there on what MLK actually did [1]. Or hey, abortion wasn't always legal. Or being able to watch…
on “Four Kinds of Dystopia” ↗…First https://smile.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00V1XGKJK/ref=tmm_kin_swat... The Now Habit https://smile.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B001QNVP7M/ref=tmm_kin_swat... Chaos https://smile.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0143113453/ref=tmm_pap_swat... Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry https://smile.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00B1FG8RW/ref=tmm_kin_swat... My side of the mountain https://smile.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0525463461/ref=tmm_hrd_swat... The Histories https://smile.amazon.com/Histories-Penguin-Classics-Deluxe-e...…
on “Ask HN: Life Changing Books?” ↗…to include on their curriculum Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, Theodore Taylor's The Cay and Mildred D. Taylor's Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. The actual memo makes it sound like they’ll likely move these to the supplemental list and add some black authors: https://www.burbankusd.org/cms/lib/CA50000426/Centricity/Dom... This is how the false-equivalence…
One of the books on the list is /Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry/, which is very much not a book written from a white perspective, and as far as I remember is lacking white saviours.
on “'To kill a mockingbird,' other books removed from Burbank schools' curriculum” ↗