{"product_id":"once-upon-a-time-when-we-were-coloredisbn-9780140244779","title":"Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored","description":"\"A bittersweet story about love, community, and family—and the difference they made in the life of one young man.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ci\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter One\u003c\/b\u003e Poppa, Black Buddha of the South\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter Two\u003c\/b\u003e Long Brown Stockings and Colored Debutantes\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter Three\u003c\/b\u003e Colored People, Just Passing Time\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter Four\u003c\/b\u003e Luggage, Legs and Gorgeous Colored Women\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter Five\u003c\/b\u003e Fear, and Hope: Childhood Memories\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter Six\u003c\/b\u003e The Ice Man\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter Seven\u003c\/b\u003e Colored Politics in a Small Southern Town\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter Eight\u003c\/b\u003e Some Glad Morning, Some Glad Day, I'll Fly Away\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter Nine\u003c\/b\u003e The End of a Season\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter Ten\u003c\/b\u003e All in a Day's Work\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter Eleven\u003c\/b\u003e Dreams, Trains and Other Things\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eClifton Taulbert is the author of three memoirs:  \u003cb\u003eOnce Upon A Time When We Were Colored\u003c\/b\u003e, the basis for the critically acclaimed feature film by the same name; \u003cb\u003eThe Last Train North, Watching Our Crops Come In\u003c\/b\u003e, and most recently, \u003cb\u003eLittle Cliff and the Porch People\u003c\/b\u003e.  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.\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304622412005,"sku":"NP9780140244779","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140244779.jpg?v=1730757946","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/once-upon-a-time-when-we-were-coloredisbn-9780140244779","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}