![]() ![]() ![]() In Something Inside So Strong: Life in Pursuit of Choice, Courage, and Change, Walter recollects major touchstones in her life. Most notably, she wrote Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World, which bent preconceptions with tales of black cowboys and men doing “women’s work.” She was also a contributing book reviewer to the Los Angeles Times. After being encouraged by a publisher to write books for and about African American children, Walter went on to become a pioneer of African American children''s literature. ![]() Walter moved to California, where she worked as an elementary school teacher. She became the first member of her family to go to college, graduating in 1940. In 1922, Mildred Pitts Walter was born in DeRidder, Louisiana, to a log cutter and a midwife/beautician. ![]()
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