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The invitation, Clifton Taulbert

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The invitation, Clifton Taulbert
Language
eng
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
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Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The invitation
Oclc number
869457913
Responsibility statement
Clifton Taulbert
Summary
Chronicles Taulbert's transformative experience of a supper invitation to a former plantation house in Allendale, South Carolina, where the successful adult confronts his childhood memories and wrestles with the legacies of slavery and segregation that demand to be acknowledged in his present circumstances
Table Of Contents
Public observations, private conversations -- Watching and remembering -- The chasm that separated our world -- Standing alone, surrounded by history -- An unexpected invitation -- Uneasy moments, lingering thoughts -- Bearing witness to the possibilities -- Bearing the burden of history -- Invisible people -- Once forbidden -- On the inside, looking out -- Our bridge to cross -- A familiar place -- Private conversations -- Our shared reality: the final divide -- Epilogue
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