Stand Upside Down

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.