Clifton Taulbert
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| Born | Clifton Lamar Taulbert 1945 (age 78–79) Eight Habits of the Heart: Embracing the Values that Build Strong Communities (1997) |
Clifton Taulbert (born 1945) is an American author, business consultant, and
Taulbert's book Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored was adapted into the 1996 film Once Upon a Time...When We Were Colored.[1]
Biography
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Clifton Lamar Taulbert was born in 1945 in Glen Allan, a small town in the Mississippi Delta.[3] He graduated from O'Bannon High School in Greenville, Mississippi, in 1963 and went on to earn a bachelor's degree from Oral Roberts University and a graduate degree from Southwest Graduate School of Banking at Southern Methodist University. Taulbert served in the 89th Presidential Wing of the United States Air Force and has been inducted in the Enlisted Airmen Hall of Fame.
A former
Taulbert was chosen by CNN at the turn of the millennium to represent one of the many voices of community. Taulbert, who has served as a guest professor/lecturer at Harvard University, the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, and the United States Air Force Academy, said he could have failed had it not been for the community of unselfish people who surrounded his life. We should never underestimate the power of our influence on the life of others, according to Taulbert.
Taulbert has authored 13 books, several of which are foundational to his consulting philosophy: Eight Habits of the Heart and Who Owns the Ice House: Eight Life Lessons from an Unlikely Entrepreneur (Who Owns the Ice House is part of a
Taulbert is a trustee of the
He lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with his wife Barbara Taulbert.
Works
- Nonfiction
- Who Owns The Ice House? Eight Life Lessons From An Unlikely Entrepreneur (2010)
- 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)
- When Little Becomes Much (2005)
- The Invitation
- Shift Your Thinking: Win Where You Stand
- 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)
References
- ^ a b Holden, Stephen (January 26, 1996). "FILM REVIEW; Fond Memories of Mississippi in the 50s". The New York Times.
- ^ Kdsi.org Archived 2016-05-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Clifton L. Taulbert" (PDF). Voices of Oklahoma. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
External links
- Clifton Taulbert's official website
- Clifton Taulbert at IMDb
- Voices of Oklahoma interview First-person interview conducted on May 23, 2018, with Clifton Taulbert.
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