In his famous speech at the march on washington in 1963, dr. martin luther king jr. said, “i have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” theodore taylor published the cay six years later, in 1969. the dedication to the novel read: “to dr. king’s dream, which can only come true if the very young know and understand.” what does taylor want young people to “know and understand”? how will this dr. king’s dream come true? explain what the dedication means and how the message of the book is connected to dr. king’s dream. use at least two details from the novel to support your answer.

well to answer the first question Theodore would want the the young people to know and understand racism and why it is wrong. For the second question this will help Dr. Kings dream because the youth is the future of the country. Idk how to answer the last question because it has been years since I have read this book, although, I hope I helped!!!  

i have read the novel roll of thunder hear my cry by mildred d. taylor.

1. this isn't like any other story i've read or watched because it is about a black family in mississippi right after slavery in the u.s. had become illegal. most of the novels i have read were about slavery. another point is that the author of the novel used symbolism in a way i haven't seen before. for example she uses thunder as something negative meaning something bad will happen. but by the end of the novel, she made thunder a good thing.

2.   one character that changed during the novel was stacey. stacey is the eldest child of the black logan family. around the begging of the novel stacey was avoiding the white boy jeremy simms. he had a dislike for jeremy's family. but at the end of the novel stacey began to like jeremy.

3. the author starts the novel with the problem that the children of the logan family have to avoid the white kid school bus while walking to school.