04281nam 2200697 a 450 991045310790332120200520144314.01-56976-937-0(CKB)2550000001135122(EBL)762612(OCoLC)749264571(SSID)ssj0000539572(PQKBManifestationID)12177582(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000539572(PQKBWorkID)10580882(PQKB)11568350(MiAaPQ)EBC762612(Au-PeEL)EBL762612(CaPaEBR)ebr10495485(CaONFJC)MIL534830(EXLCZ)99255000000113512220110425d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNo fear[electronic resource] a whistleblower's triumph over corruption and retaliation at the EPA /Marsha Coleman-Adebayo ; foreword by Noam Chomsky ; afterword by Walter FauntroyChicago, Ill. Lawrence Hill Books20111 online resource (498 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-55652-818-3 1-306-03579-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Cover; Back Cover; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Welcome to EPA: Consider Yourself an Honorary White Man; 2 The Fourth UN World Conference on Women, Beijing: "Call Me Bella"; 3 Ultimatum to Public Service; 4 The Gore-Mbeki Commission: The Sound That Freedom Makes; 5 Alexandra: The Sacrifice Zone; 6 Who Are You Calling a Necklacer?; "Sleep"; 7 Why Waste MIT on People Like That?; 8 My Name Is Jacob Ngakane; 9 Back to MIT; 10 Breathing College Air; 11 Barnard College: The Path Sisters Take; 12 MIT: The Vortex of Minds and Hearts13 Ethiopia: The Good Mother14 Retaliation at EPA; 15 Something Deeper Than Words; "Something Deeper Than Words"; 16 President of the United States: The Playbook; 17 Last Obstacle to the End Run; "Love Will Bring Me Forth"; 18 Yes, Clarice; "The Sacrifice Zone"; 19 The 1998 Trip to South Africa: My Tongue Is Green; "The Registry of Man"; 20 Death Threats and Missed Opportunities; 21 Coleman-Adebayo v. Carol M. Browner; 22 Betrayal Is Best Served Cold; 23 Discrimination or Disappointment?; "Waiting"; 24 The Verdict; 25 Can You Hear Me?; 26 Behind Closed Doors: The Browner-NAACP Meeting27 Congressional Hearings: Intolerance at EPA"Today I'm Gray"; 28 A Call to History; 29 Journey to No Fear; 30 Al Sharpton: The X Factor; 31 Vanadium; 32 Breathing African Air; Postscript: Giants and Grasshoppers; "Like a Landscape from the Book of Time"; Afterword; Endnotes; Bibliography; Appendix: Legislative Stages to the No FEAR Public Law; IndexRetracing the steps of the first civil rights and whistleblower act of the 21st century, this chronicle follows young, black, MIT-educated social scientist Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, shortly after she landed her dream job at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The account illustrates how the author attempted to convince the government to investigate allegations surrounding a multinational corporation, suspecting that they were responsible for the deaths of hundreds of South Africans who were mining vanadium?a vital strategic mineraPolitical scientistsUnited StatesBiographyAfrican American political scientistsBiographyWhistle blowingUnited StatesVanadium industryCorrupt practicesSouth AfricaSocial responsibility of businessElectronic books.Political scientistsAfrican American political scientistsWhistle blowingVanadium industryCorrupt practicesSocial responsibility of business.363.7092BColeman-Adebayo Marsha1056991Chomsky Noam27033Fauntroy Walter1056992MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453107903321No fear2491763UNINA