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Mildred Delois Taylor (born September 13 1943 in Jackson, Mississippi) is an American author, known for her works exploring the struggle faced by African-American families in the Deep South. Mildred Taylor lived in Jackson, Mississippi then moved to Toledo, Ohio where she spent most of her childhood. These anecdotes became very clear in Mildred’s mind. In fact, once she recalled that as the 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...” Taylor has talked about how much history was in the stories; some stories took place during times of slavery and some post-slavery.

Her saga about the Logan family is really based on her whole family history. For example, it starts out with The Land, which is based on the stories she heard about her great-grandfather, who was the son of a white plantation owner and a black woman in Alabama and how he purchased land. She is currently working on her last book, Logan, that finishes the saga off with the Logan family moving from Mississippi to Ohio.

External links

• Mississippi Writers Page Links: Mildred D.Taylor

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• Living people
• 1943 births
• Newbery Medal winners
• Peace Corps volunteers
• African American writers