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Mildred D. Taylor

"I learned a history not then written in books but one passed from generation to generation on the steps of moonlit porches and beside dying fires in one-room houses, a history of great-grandparents and of slavery and of the days following slavery; of those who lived still not free, yet who would not let their spirits be enslaved."

Source : Mildred D. Taylor (2004). “Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Puffin Modern Classics)”, p.10, Penguin

Mildred D. Taylor

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“Life is not one tone: you laugh and you cry, and your heart breaks, and you have great, great happiness.”
“What I don't have in theater is editing.”
“The importance of the term "genocide" for many Indigenous Peoples is that it is more than a term or an accusation; it is a word created in the wake of the Shoah in Europe to describe what happens when a people are targeted by a government for extermination, as were the Jews of Europe, and which is the term used in the most important international law related to concerned Indigenous Peoples, as the only international human rights law that pertains specifically to collectivities of people rather than individuals.”

Source : Source: www.truth-out.org
“I didn't really start writing music or lyrics or turning them into songs until I went to San Francisco.”
“Although I feel directing is a lot more challenging, fulfilling and satisfying, it is also far more stressful & consuming. This is why I don't see myself directing one film after another in quick succession.”

Source : Source: dfuse.in
“Even when there is no law, there is conscience.”
“I don't want the kids to go through want I went through.”
“Like I said, some people think itâ€™s weird that my best friend is a girl. Sometimes I think itâ€™s weird, too. Mostly people assume that weâ€™re boyfriend and girlfriend, which I guess we could be. But that just seems too teen-movie, if you know what I mean. A boy and girl are best friends, neither of them dates anyone else, and then one night they look at each other andâ€”bangâ€”they realize theyâ€™ve been in love with each other the whole time. Everyoneâ€™s happy and they go to the big dance together.”

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