Always interested in the fight against racism and injustice around the world, Taylor worked with the Peace Corps for several years, spending some time in Ethiopia. As a young girl she attended a newly segregated school there and even through college, she was one of very few black women in her classes. Though it was less pronounced, she was not free of this fear in Toledo. Even in the South, she felt supported by the community, though the fear of white cruelty loomed over her. Her aunts and uncles often felt like extra fathers and mothers. Much like Cassie Logan, Mildred valued the comfort and security of having a large family that was very close. Mildred and her older sister Wilma loved their first house in Toledo, even though they were poor, because there was always family around. Still, the family returned to the South often, so Mildred was able to compare the two areas for much of her young life. Soon after Mildred's birth, he got into a fight at work over a racial incident and decided to move his family north to Toledo. Her father, Wilbert Taylor, had grown up in the South, and though he loved the land and his neighbors, he was angry about the way black people like himself were treated by white people in the South. Taylor was born on Septemin Jackson, Mississippi. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Author/Context
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