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Once Upon A Time When We Were Colored - Softcover

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9780606311700: Once Upon A Time When We Were Colored

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Synopsis

"A bittersweet story about love, community, and family—and the difference they made in the life of one young man."—The New York Times Book Review.

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Book Description

A memoir of growing up in the Mississippi Delta. The author reads his story of a southern black community during racial segregation, telling the stories of those persons who inspired him to seek a better life beyond the segregated South. The tape includes black gospel & blues music from the era of segregation

About the Author

Clifton Taulbert is the author of three memoirs: Once Upon A Time When We Were Colored, the basis for the critically acclaimed feature film by the same name; The Last Train North, Watching Our Crops Come In, and most recently, Little Cliff and the Porch People. He was the recipient of the 27th annual NAACP Image Award for Literature, and was also one of the first African-American writers to win the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award for Nonfiction.

Time magazine named him one of America's outstanding black entrepreneurs. He is an acclaimed speaker who lectures around the world to schools, educators, businesses, and professional groups on the subject of the Eight Habits of the Heart.

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