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.


Roll of thunder, hear my cry (ed. 1991) - ISBN: 9780440843870

Mildred D. Taylor Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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...