Let's Roll This Train
My Life in New Mexico Education, Business, and Politics
Biography & Memoir, Political
| Author: | Lenton Malry | ISBN: | 9780826357441 |
| Publisher: | University of New Mexico Press | Publication: | October 15, 2016 |
| Imprint: | University of New Mexico Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Lenton Malry |
| ISBN: | 9780826357441 |
| Publisher: | University of New Mexico Press |
| Publication: | October 15, 2016 |
| Imprint: | University of New Mexico Press |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
