Once Upon a Time when We Were Colored

Once Upon a Time when We Were Colored
ISBN-10
093303119X
ISBN-13
9780933031197
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
168
Language
English
Published
1989
Publisher
Council Oaks Distribution
Author
Clifton L. Taulbert

Description

The author shares his memories of the Black community in Glen Allan, Mississippi during the last years of segregation

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