Black Voices from Big Brown: Untold Stories of African Americans at UPS

This is a coffee table book of exquisite black and white photography- a pictorial history of the careers of 29 African American leaders at UPS. We pulled short quotes from their on camera interviews that captured the essence of their journey's at UPS. These interviews can be downloaded and viewed/or heard via pod cast in their entirety. The Forward is written by our first female CEO, Carol B. Tome', who's call for open conversations about race during her first days in office in 2019 helped set the tone for this project. UPS has a long and storied history of diversity that began in the 1950s, with the hiring of it's first black package car drivers, including Ken Jarvis who was the impetus for this project. The honorees featured talk about the incredible opportunity UPS provided them and their families, some of them, during a time when no other companies were hiring blacks. Others talk about a variety of obstacles and inequities they endured in their day to day work due to the color of their skin. But share how overcame it and supported each other in their own "silent movement" of reaching back and helping another person of color advance as they did. We hope this book will be a tool for other open conversations about race and what can happen when we give each other a chance.

• | Author: Ups Aabrg
• | Publisher: Authorhouse
• | Publication Date: January 27, 2021
• | Number of Pages: 84 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1665513837
• | ISBN-13: 9781665513838