About the Author:
Carlton Dubois McClain, A.B., was born on April 28, 1992 in Kansas City, Missouri, and he is the last of three children born to Rev. Coleman Douglas McClain, Sr., M.Div., MBA, and Evalin Élaine McClain (née Clariette), M.S., MPA. His father is an African American of English, German, Cherokee, and African descent, and his mother is, through her father, of Louisiana Creole (African-American, Choctaw, and French) descent with additional Creek Native American, African-American, and American Jewish ancestry through her mother. The majority of Carlton’s ancestors from both sides of his family were racially listed as “mulatto” on official United States census records prior to the Racial Integrity Laws of 1924 – 1930. Carlton’s parents decided to name him in honor of the middle name of his youngest paternal uncle. His middle name, Dubois, is a tribute to his mother’s Louisiana Creole heritage. Since his youth, Carlton has extensively been involved in serving his community. He was a two-time President of the Youth Council of the Johnson County, Kansas branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and he has completed over seventy-five hours of community service. Carlton is a 2010 high school graduate of the Pembroke Hill School, and Carlton has since gone on to earn the "cum laude" collegiate medallion upon completing his undergraduate degree in Urban Studies with a concentration in Community Development and Housing from the University of Missouri – Kansas City in 2014. Moreover, Carlton followed through with further education in 2015 by earning all 19.5 credit hours attempted as a candidate for a Master of Arts in Management from Wake Forest University School of Business en route to founding an economic and business development company, titled, "Occupy Until He Comes Ministry Services," alongside his parents. Carlton is also multilingual as he speaks French, Spanish, and German in addition to his native English and Louisiana Creole, and he is a three-time National Laureate on the National French exam which culminated in a first-place regional finish and a sixth-place national finish on the exam in 2010. Moreover, he completed his college minor in French language in 2013. The historiography, “Mulattoes in the Postbellum South and Beyond: The Invisible Legacy of an Afro-European People, Custom, and Class in America’s Binary and Three-Tier Societies,” is also Carlton’s first book.
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