ASU-Beebe Lecture-Concert Series welcomes author Clifton Taulbert on Feb. 1

BEEBE — Arkansas State University-Beebe 2021-2022 Lecture-Concert Series will present renowned author Clifton Taulbert in a lecture from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Feb. 1 at the Owen Center Theatre, at 1102 W. College St. on the Beebe campus.

Taulbert, a noted author and entrepreneur, said he could have failed had he not encountered community builders and entrepreneurial thinkers early on in his life.

“In the community I remember, write and talk about, we valued each other and shared our lives,” Taulbert said.

Taulbert was born during the era of legal segregation on the Mississippi Delta, where he completed his secondary education. Following high school graduation and a short banking career in St. Louis, Taulbert enlisted in the United States Air Force. After successfully serving in the 89th Presidential Wing of the United States Air Force in the late 1960s, Taulbert was honorably discharged and continued his college education, graduating from Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma., and the Southwest Graduate School of Banking at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.

Taulbert’s first book, “Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored,” became a national best seller and major motion picture. “Eight Habits of the Heart,”another of Taulbert’s 13 books, garnered him an invitation by former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor to address members of the court and their invited guests.

Today, Taulbert is the president and CEO of the Freemount Corp. (a human capital development company). To read more about Taulbert, view www.cliftontaulbert.com/about-clifton-taulbert.

The lecture is free and open to the public. Tickets must be reserved in advance at asub.ticketleap.com/cliftontaulbert. Masks and social distancing are required on the ASU-Beebe campus.