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Let's roll this train : my life in New Mexico education, business, and politics / Lenton Malry.
Van Pelt Library F801.4.M39 A3 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Malry, Lenton, 1931- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Malry, Lenton, 1931-.
- Malry, Lenton.
- New Mexico. Legislature. House of Representatives--Biography.
- New Mexico.
- New Mexico. Legislature. House of Representatives.
- Politicians--New Mexico--Biography.
- Politicians.
- Educators--New Mexico--Biography.
- Educators.
- African Americans--New Mexico--Biography.
- African Americans.
- Legislators--New Mexico--Biography.
- Legislators.
- Race relations.
- New Mexico--Politics and government--1951-.
- Politics and government.
- New Mexico--Race relations--Anecdotes.
- Bernalillo County (N.M.)--Biography.
- Bernalillo County (N.M.).
- Genre:
- Anecdotes.
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 153 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- My life in New Mexico education, business, and politics
- Place of Publication:
- Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- This inspiring memoir chronicles Lenton Malry's journey from segregated Louisiana to a distinguished career in public service in New Mexico. Malry worked as a teacher on the Navajo Reservation, as a public school administrator in Albuquerque, and as a commissioner in Bernalillo County. He was also the first African American elected to the New Mexico state legislature and the first African American to earn a PhD in education from the University of New Mexico. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 The Early Years 1
- Chapter 2 College 8
- Chapter 3 The US Air Force, 1952-1956 14
- Chapter 4 Back to the Segregated South 23
- Chapter 5 My First Teaching Jobs on Indian Reservations 29
- Chapter 6 Albuquerque 35
- Chapter 7 The Transition to State Politics 45
- Chapter 8 Reflections on Serving in the New Mexico Legislature 52
- Chapter 9 WICHE 59
- Chapter 10 My Last Two Years in the Legislature 64
- Chapter 11 Running for Lieutenant Governor 83
- Chapter 12 The Bernalillo County Commission 91
- Chapter 13 Malry and Associates, 1987-1992 101
- Chapter 14 State Government 106
- Chapter 15 My Return to the Navajo Reservation 112
- Chapter 16 Motorola 129
- Chapter 17 The Albuquerque Lincoln-Mercury Dealership 132
- Chapter 18 Bernalillo County 136
- Chapter 19 Life after Retirement 145
- Chapter 20 Looking Back, Looking Forward 151.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Malry, Lenton, 1931- author. Let's roll this train.
- ISBN:
- 9780826357434
- 0826357431
- OCLC:
- 930508796
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