Published: Oct. 18, 2011
Words: 50,246 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9780983947714

Short description

This story was taken from my life and family and those who interacted with us. This is the third of African American Family fictions – following three successive generations of the same family. The time, mid-1980s. The place is Kenosha, Wisconsin, and the American Motors Corporation (AMC) based there. Affirmative Action was being contested by the President and many White American Workers.

Extended description

By the mid-1980s Affirmative Action was taking its most harmful blows from the office of the President of the United States. The apparent irony is that the beginning place of Affirmative Action would ultimately lead to its end. Workers in every area of the American workforce quickly picked up the President's mantra to abandon government regulations, enforcement and found personal ways to express their frustration with Affirmative Action.

Calvin Tallman – son of Pearl and grandson of Jacob and Clara Tallman – held a management position in the Personnel Department at AMC's facilities in Kenosha. In addition to performing and supervising personnel activities, Calvin was the company's vanguard in seeking new opportunities for women and minorities while protecting the gains already made. During the course of the story Calvin is able to salvage two black men – keeping them in positions never before held by a person of color, and certainly not a female.

Tags

black history, diversity, presidentreagan, black labor, affirmative act, adolphus ward, black protest, black fiction black studies, white protest

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Review by: Anne McGee on Aug. 09, 2012 :
I am so thrilled that Adolphus notified me his new book could be downloaded, because that’s exactly what I did. This author has brought a great deal of enlightenment to what really went on behind the scenes of the American Government’s so-called Affirmative Action proclamations during the 1980s. Through the character of Calvin Tallman we learn of the difficulties African Americans faced as they tried to forge ahead in big business, and how he worked to create new opportunities for women and minorities. I am in awe with the amount of research that must have gone into writing this fictional story. It’s quite fascinating.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Review by: Dottie Sabo on Nov. 14, 2011 :
Ok, so today I promised myself that I would not do a thing until I finished the 3rd book of Adolphus Ward's trilogy. I did complete the task and as I sat contemplating the story, I found I hungered for more. I cannot believe that Calvin Tallman just was absorbed into the air. I do hope my friend does continue to tell me the successes that Calvin has experienced. At the end of Stand Upside Down, my heart cried for how much he has seen and lived through so far. Please everyone!! Download the trilogy. You will not be sorry you did.

Dottie Sabo
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