Mildred pitts walter biography books

Born 9 December 1922, De Ridder, Louisiana

Daughter of Paul and Mary Ward Pitts; marriedEarl Lloyd Walter, 1947; children: Earl Jr., Craig

Mildred Pitts Walter began writing because she "wanted to know why there were so few books for and about the children I taught who were black." She became an author "out of the need to share with all children the experiences of a people who have a rich and unique way of living that has grown out of the ability to cope and to triumph over racial discrimination."

Raised in Louisiana, Walter has spent her adult life in California and Colorado.

After graduating from Louisiana's Southern University with a B.A. in English (1944), Walter accepted a position as a teacher and librarian in the Los Angeles Unified School System, where she taught for many years. She received an M.A.

in education from Antioch Extension in Denver (1947) and later (1950-52) attended California State College in Los Angeles. With her husband, a