Clifton Taulbert is an American

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 author

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 and speaker

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. He is best known for his books Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored and Eight Habits of the Heart: Embracing the Values that Build Strong Communities

Eight Habits of the Heart: Embracing the Values that Build Strong Communities

Eight Habits of the Heart: Embracing the Values That Build Strong Communities is a memoir by Clifton Taulbert, first published in 1997. It recounts the eight lessons that he learned while growing up in the Mississippi Delta, United States, lessons he attributes to the "front porch wisdom" of the...

. Taulbert offers courses in Character Education and Building Strong School Communities through Knowledge Delivery Systems, an online resource for educators

Biography

Taulbert was born in Glen Allan, Mississippi

Glen Allan, Mississippi

Glen Allan is an unincorporated community located in far southern Washington County, Mississippi, United States. It is situated immediately east of Lake Washington's southern shore....

, a small town in the Mississippi Delta

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, in 1945. His mother was just out of high school and could not afford to take care of him alone, so he was raised by his extended family. He graduated from O'Bannon High School in Greenville, Mississippi

Greenville, Mississippi

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, in 1963 and went on to earn a bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree

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 from Oral Roberts University

Oral Roberts University

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 and a graduate degree

Master's degree

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 from Southern Methodist University

Southern Methodist University

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. He also spent a few years in the United States Air Force

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, where he attained the rank of sergeant

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.

He lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma

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, and is a professor at Oral Roberts University.

Works

• Nonfiction
  • Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored (1989)
  • The Last Train North (1992)
  • Watching Our Crops Come In (1997)
  • Eight Habits of the Heart: Embracing the Values that Build Strong Communities (1997)
  • The Journey Home: A Father’s Gift to His Son (2002)

• Children's Books
  • Little Cliff and the Porch People (1999)
  • Little Cliff and the First Day of School (2001)
  • Little Cliff and the Cold Place (2002)

External links

• Clifton Taulbert's official website
• Clifton Taulbert at the Internet Movie Database
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