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Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored: Tie In Edition
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Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored: Tie In Edition Paperback - 1995

by Taulbert, Clifton L

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In this beautifully evocative tale of life in the segregated South, the author of The Last Train North looks back at his "colored" childhood with deep pride, striking honesty, and unusual affection. Soon to be released as a major film from BET Pictures, directed by Tim Reid and starring Richard Roundtree and Phylicia Rashad. Photos.

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  • Title Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored: Tie In Edition
  • Author Taulbert, Clifton L
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Condition UsedGood
  • Pages 160
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Adult Hc/Tr, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
  • Date 1995-05-01
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 4WILKM00I3IJ
  • ISBN 9780140244779 / 0140244778
  • Weight 0.26 lbs (0.12 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.99 x 5.08 x 0.43 in (17.75 x 12.90 x 1.09 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
    • Theometrics: Mainline
    • Topical: Black History
  • Library of Congress subjects African Americans - Mississippi - Glen Allan, Glen Allan (Miss.) - Social life and customs
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 95004994
  • Dewey Decimal Code 976.242

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Summary

"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.

From the publisher

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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  • Essence, 03/01/2007, Page 76
  • Publishers Weekly, 04/24/1995, Page 0

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.