<p>Watching Our Crops Come In， the third in Clifton Taulbert's acclaimed memoir series， begins in 1967 when， as a young airman， Taulbert leaves segregated Missisippi for a special assignment to Washington， D.C.. Grateful for having avoided combat in Vietnam， Taulbert comes face to face with another war-the struggle for civil rights-raging at home. <br />

<em>When We Were Colored</em> was the basis for the critically acclaimed film <em>Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored</em>. <br />

<em>The Last Train North</em> was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize， the Los Angeles Times Book Award， and was a co-winner of the Mississippi Arts and Letters Award. Filled with the stirring recollections and loving wisdom that marked his earlier work， Watching Our Crops Come In vividly evok</p>