"Orita (which means crossroads): rites of Passage for Youth of African Descent in America" is more than a book-- it's an opportunity to make an even better life for our youth than we have experienced. The Orita process helps prepare participants so t ...
Posted Monday, July 13th 2009 at 8:03PM
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"Soldiers of Uncommon Valor..." group discusses the impact of President Obama's historic speech on race in America during a signing/discussion event at Barnes & Noble Palisades Mall, Nyack, N.Y. ...
Posted Thursday, April 2nd 2009 at 5:38PM
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Black Salvation Army officers (ordained clergy and pictured in uniform) are honored in Nyack, N.Y. during launch of the book "Soldiers of Uncommon Valor: the History of Salvationists of African Descent in the United States," written by Warren L. Maye ...
Posted Thursday, April 2nd 2009 at 5:32PM
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"Soldiers of Uncommon Valor..." discussion group inspires author Warren Maye. Despite having a rainy evening in Nanuet, N.Y., an audience showed up and asked many questions. After the event was over, one person who had gone to the wrong store, found ...
Posted Thursday, April 2nd 2009 at 5:21PM
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An audience member asks a question during a "Soldiers of Uncommon Valor..." signing/discussion event at Barnes & Noble Bay Plaza, Bronx, N.Y. ...
Posted Thursday, April 2nd 2009 at 5:13PM
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A new book about African Americans who, since 1872, have ministered in America's urban communities as soldiers of The Salvation Army. ...
Posted Sunday, March 15th 2009 at 4:58AM
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Video book trailer describes how new book tells the stories of African Americans who helped build what management guru Peter Drucker called "The most effective organization in the U.S.," and what Booker T. Washington said "...draws no color line in r ...
Posted Sunday, March 15th 2009 at 3:35AM
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Honoring the contributions of black Americans to The Salvation Army’s establishment in the United States, this historic account includes a candid look at the rise of discrimination within the organization, reflecting the racial bigotry that divided t ...
Posted Wednesday, February 25th 2009 at 9:12PM
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Thirty kids from the Salvation Army's Brooklyn (Bushwick) Corps neighborhood had the adventure of a lifetime, thanks to Malaak Compton–Rock, a long time supporter and friend the Bushwick Corps. Their trip to South Africa was captured by Soledad O’Bri ...
Posted Wednesday, February 25th 2009 at 8:56PM
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