Clifton Taulbert Papers 1999-2002

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Clifton Taulbert Papers 1999-2002

Collection contains typescripts, research materials, dummies, correspondence, and other materials for three children's books.

8 folders

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6615920

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Taulbert, Clifton L.

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Author and lecturer Clifton L. Taulbert is perhaps best known for his memoir Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored (1989), about his experience of growing up in the racially charged Mississippi Delta. Born February 19, 1945, in Glen Allan, Mississippi, in his memoir he writes about his childhood during the civil rights movement, but rather than focus on the growing conflict between white and black, he chose to focus more on the bonds of community and family, which included his mother and grandpa...