"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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Taulbert reflects on his childhood in the segregated but amiable town of Glen Allan, Miss., during the 1950s and his move in 1963 to St. Louis, where he eventually founded his own marketing company.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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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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I like this book because it is a non-fiction book written by a good person who lead an eventful life. I have met Mr. Taulbert when he came to my school in 1996. he was a nice man then and he probably is a nice man now. I also liked THE LAST TRAIN NORTH; the sequel to When We Were Colored. I also liked the movie that was made from this book Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored.
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Long ago when southern plantations were plentiful and colored sharecroppers still dreamed and the agrarian South was making a significant contribution to the gross national product, small southern towns were springing up almost daily with designs on becoming southern ladies of commerce, Glen Allan, Mississippi, was such a place and was physically positioned to achieve that goal. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
colored colony, colored section, colored community, straw boss Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Glen Allan, Mama Pearl, Uncle Cleve, Cousin Beauty, Miss Doll, Saint Mark, Miss Bessie, Miss Hester, Miss Florence, Reverend Thomas, Cooter Man, Lake Washington, Preacher Hurn, Aunt Willie Mae, Illinois Central, Mount Zion, Cousin Lulu, Mother Byrd, Allan Chapel, Aunt Lurlean, Billy Roy, Joe Louis, Dixie Theater, Maxwell House, Miss Sarah New!
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Long ago when southern plantations were plentiful and colored sharecroppers still dreamed and the agrarian South was making a significant contribution to the gross national product, small southern towns were springing up almost daily with designs on becoming southern ladies of commerce, Glen Allan, Mississippi, was such a place and was physically positioned to achieve that goal. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
colored colony, colored section, colored community, straw boss Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Glen Allan, Mama Pearl, Uncle Cleve, Cousin Beauty, Miss Doll, Saint Mark, Miss Bessie, Miss Hester, Miss Florence, Reverend Thomas, Cooter Man, Lake Washington, Preacher Hurn, Aunt Willie Mae, Illinois Central, Mount Zion, Cousin Lulu, Mother Byrd, Allan Chapel, Aunt Lurlean, Billy Roy, Joe Louis, Dixie Theater, Maxwell House, Miss Sarah New!
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- Civil War (The Civil War) by Linda R. Wade on page 12, and page 107
- The Last Train North by Clifton L. Taulbert in Back Matter
- Nelson Mandela (Gateway Biographies) by Jack L. Roberts in Back Matter
- Praise God: A Mass Book For Children by Gunvor Edwards on page 94
- Once Upon A Time by Lynn Roberts in Back Matter
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- Eight Habits of the Heart: Embracing the Values that Build Strong Families and Communities (African American History (Penguin)) by Clifton L. Taulbert on 4 pages
- Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben, and Rastus: Blacks in Advertising, Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (Contributions in Afro-American & African Studies) by Marilyn Kern-Foxworth on page 189, and page 193
- Religion in Mississippi (Heritage of Mississippi Series, V. 2) by Randy J. Sparks in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Touring Literary Mississippi by Patti Carr Black on page 59, and page 60
- Research In Multicultural Education: From The Margins To The Mainstream (Wisconsin Series of Teacher Education) by Carl A. Grant on page 27, and page 31
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