Inspectors general : efforts to develop strategic plans : report to congressional requesters

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910690676303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C. (P.O. Box 37050, Washington 20013)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

On the move : a Black family's Western saga / / S.R. Martin Jr. ; foreword by Albert S. Broussard

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910968488003321
• Autore: Martin S. R (Sennie Rudolph), <1935->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2009
• ISBN: 1-60344-354-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (212 p.)
• Collana: Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ; ; no. 32
• Disciplina: 929/.20973
• Soggetti: African Americans - West (U.S.); West (U.S.) Biography
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Foreword / by Albert S. Broussard -- Acknowledgments -- Part 1. Roots and branches -- What I've done here: introductory remarks -- How did I end up here? -- Home -- Old folks -- S. R., Primrose, and good religion -- Fort Worth: in town -- Part 2. On the move -- Fort Worth: moving West -- Cody, Wyoming -- Billings, Montana -- To the blue Pacific -- Part 3. Home -- From the Golden Gate to the Monterey Bay -- In the West -- Appendix: toward a genealogy -- Notes -- Sources -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: In distinctive, engaging prose, S. R. Martin Jr. crafts the story of his forebears and their westward journey, begun even before the great black migration that occurred around the two world wars. By narrating ; the struggles and triumphs of his family--both paternal and maternal--during their move west, he illuminates an under-studied facet of African American history. As Martin explains it, he and his brother "arrived on the scene at the confluence of these family streams in time to catch a ride to the shining sea." Students, scholars, and interested general readers of modern African American history and sociology will be greatly rewarded by reading this warm and vivid personal and family memoir.