The powerful story of a vibrant African American family torn apart by inner turmoil and the injustices perpetrated by a racist society Sissie Joplin is dying, and her surviving children have come to say good-bye. Estranged from their mother for years, Iris and Ralph have both achieved success-Iris as a jazz singer in Europe and Ralph as a playwright-but the pain of their youth remains forever alive in their memories.   Sissie, too, remembers: the...

The Deepwater Program is intended to replace or modernize 15 major classes of Coast Guard assets--five each of vessels and aircraft, and five other projects, including command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems. [GAO's report focuses] on the progress the Coast Guard has made in improving its acquisition approach to the Deepwater Program and the challenges it continues to face.