African American, Biography, Book When We Were Colored by Clifton L. Taulbert

Listed for sale is a Paperback Book When We Were Colored by Clifton L. Taulbert, originally published in 1989 as Once Upon a Time...When We Were Colored Total Listing: 1 Book Paperback Title: When We Were Colored Author: Clifton L. Taulbert Date Published: 1995 Publisher: Penguin Books 1995 ISBN: 0-14-024477-8 Copyright: © Clifton L. Taulbert 1989 Printed in USA No of Pages: 153 Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored is a memoir by Clifton Taulbert, published in 1989 and later Re-published as “When We Were Colored” in 1995. The book is a 1995 memoir by American author and public speaker Clifton Taulbert. Taulbert recalls growing up as an African American in a small town in Mississippi amid open racial segregation in the 1950.As Taulbert describes his coming of age, he enlightens his audience on the political, socioeconomic, and racial contexts that worked against African American people. Taulbert spends the rest of his book describing various memories of Mississippi, particularly of its African American community, which was formative to his identity and outlook. As a young boy, he recalls going with Poppa to a Ku Klux Klan rally. They were met with extreme hostility from the white membership, causing Taulbert to question their populist ideology and search for better forms of group belonging. Taulbert’s neighborhood was segregated, impoverished, and rural, and nearly every adult worked in the fields for white landowners. Thank you for visiting My Closet.