“Black Voices from Big Brown” book is a creative and ambitious project at UPS, chronicling the experience of 29 current and former Black executives at the company.
The archival project has become a book and podcast spearheaded by longtime journalist and executive producer April Nelson.
She, along with Nikki Clifton, president of social impact and The UPS Foundation, joined “City Lights” host Lois Reitzes to talk about the project and how it illuminates the stories of Black workers and their achievements at UPS.
Interview Highlights
How the project got its start:
“I said to Ken Jarvis [UPS’ first African American package car driver, who rose to become an executive], if you write a book, it needs to be about the tree that bore the fruit. You are the tree,” said Nelson. “You bore so many fruits, there’s fruits all over the ground. And those are the UPS [workers] who have followed your path.”
