NMLP P-021989 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Mildred D. Taylor (illus. Jerry Pinkney) · Dial Press · 1976

US Dial Press is the true first. The pre-Newbery jacket (no medal) is the defining first-issue point.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-021989 for "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry" by Mildred D. Taylor (illus. Jerry Pinkney) (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-021989, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).