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 Clifton
Taulbert
Activity Sheet
Biography from Oklhaoma Center
for Poets and writers
 Clifton Taulbert
was born in Glen Allen, Mississippi. He was raised by his great-grandparents,
Joe and Pearl Young, and later by his great aunt, Mrs. Elna Peters
Boose. He has two brothers and four sisters and is married to
Barbara Jackson of Eudora, Arkansas. They share the joy of their
son, Marshall Danzy Taulbert.
Taulbert is lauded
as a well known, respected and captivating voice on "Building
Community wherever People are." He lectures throughout the
United States, Europe, Japan and Central America. According to
Taulbert, "No contract, no plan or initiative is complete
without the human element being involved. People are still at
the core of community building."
Taulbert has authored
three autobiographical books including the internationally acclaimed
memoir, Once upon a time when we were Colored, The
Last Train North, and Watching our Crops come In.
Eight Habits of the Heart, Taulbert's fourth book captures
the essence and impact of good living. Taulbert has written for
national and international publications -- The New York Times,
The Atlanta Constitution, Parade Magazine, USA
Today, and Southern Living. He was inducted into the
Oklahoma Writers Hall of Fame in 2000.
Taulbert co-produced
the award winning film, Once upon a time when we were Colored
and the award winning documentary, The Era of Segregation:
A personal perspective.
 Eight Habits of
the Heart : Embracing the Values
That Build Strong Families and Communities
Nationally acclaimed
speaker and memoir writer Clifton Taulbert presents eight habits
that build the essence of social stability. His habits, which
are broken down into brief chapters--"A Nurturing Attitude,"
"Dependability," "Responsibility," "Friendship,"
"Brotherhood," "High Expectations," "Courage,"
and "Hope"--may not be stunningly original, yet they
reflect a kind of plainspoken "front-porch wisdom"
rooted in Taulbert's Southern upbringing. His elders ignored
the boundaries of legal segregation and embarked on a campaign
to offer a community that embraced the dreams and successes of
each child and family. Young-adult readers will appreciate the
rich, memoir-style storytelling and the simple but genuine lessons
of how to be a good person.
 Once Upon A Time When We Were Colored
Book Description from Publishers Weekly
Black businessman
Taulbert has written a brief, affecting, deceptively simple memoir
of his youth in Glen Allen, Mississippi in the 1950s. On the
one hand he emphasizes, ``the important values . . . conveyed''
to him in his ``colored childhood'' in the segregated South--the
closeness of the extended family, communal assistance, and religious
faith. But this is more than a gentle assault on the ``oppressed
blacks as miserable'' myth. Segregation still stings in the world
of Taulbert's youth, as he recalls stepping aside for whites,
entering through back doors, and watching whites with fear and
caution. In spite of its syrupy idealism (which tends to portray
all blacks as warm and wonderful) and its lack of coherent organization,
this is an important, moving work.
 Little Cliff and the Porch People
Author's Summary from amazon.com
As I travel throughout
the world, I am finding that little people of all races and their
parents are falling in love with the little boy who has the task
of finding the special butter. I have laughed with hundreds of
people as we leaf through the pages and see faces and smiles
that remind us of people who sat on their front porches and tended
to our lives. Little Cliff and the Porch People has become a
tender reminder of all that was good when all the neighbors went
out of their way to make significant deposits into our lives.
Earl Lewis is a master water colorist and has captured the grace
and dignity of a people from another era in America's history.
The book is one that you want to taste and savor, after all,
a good book with great memories is a well balanced diet. Thanks
Amazon for giving "Little Cliff" a view of the world.
Clifton
Taulbert Web Page
http://www.hart-tech.com/ctaulbert/
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