5/28/2023 0 Comments Mildred d taylorIn the South that the Taylors visited, segregation was a tangible reality. Even after their move, the Taylor family took long car trips to the South, and Mildred's experience of this environment provided the settings for her future novels. He chose Toledo because he already had a large network of friends and relatives there. Several outbreaks of racially-motivated violence occurred in the Jackson area around September 1943, and Taylor's father decided to seek a new life for his family in the North. Mildred Taylor remained there until graduating from the University of Toledo in 1965. However, only three weeks after their daughter's birth, the Taylor family moved to Toledo, Ohio. She later said she "was born in a segregated city in a segregated state in a segregated America." The Taylors had lived in Mississippi since the time of slavery. Mildred Taylor was born in Jackson, Mississippi on September 13, 1943, to Wilbert Lee and Deletha Marie (Davis) Taylor.
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