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this page: Do you remember? Mission, Vision, and Novels
Do you remember?
Do you remember what "the dark past has taught us?"
Do you remember the stony road we traveled as a people and the "bitter chast'ning rod" felt by our forebearers?
Do you remember that the same forebearers shed tears that watered the way over which we have come?
"In
days to come, when your children ask you, ‘What does this mean?' say to them, ‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought
us out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery." (Exodus 13:14)
"We always talk about remembering
in conjunction with the Holocaust. Remember the six million. The world must remember so that a holocaust can never again happen.
Remember those who perished in order to honor them and give their deaths meaning." (Lesli Koppelman Ross)
"Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when
you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes
of your houses and on your gates." (Deuteronomy 6:7-9)
Pulitzer Prize winner, columnist, and
author Leonard Pitts Jr. once asked two African American women to describe a lynching they witnessed in 1930. ``I try and
put that behind me,'' said Sarah E. Weaver-Pate. ``I'd just rather forget that.'' ``Why bring it up?'' snapped Clara Jeffries.
``It's not helping anything. People don't want to hear it.''
Writing in the Miami Herald, January 5, 2011,
Pitts went on to say, "Every January we hear Martin Luther King's great speech. Every February, school kids dress up
as black inventors or social leaders. But there is in us -- meaning the African-American community -- a marked tendency to
avoid the grit, gristle and grime of our history. The telling of those stories is neither institutionalized nor even particularly
encouraged. It is time for that to change."
Books by Bob Rogers, Inc.'s purpose is to contribute to that
change; to be a voice telling our stories, including history, horror, and humor - lest our stories are co-opted and told for
us by conservative revisionists.
Mission
Books by Bob Rogers,
Inc. exists to benefit, entertain, and educate everyone it touches. The basic proposition is timeless. We succeed
when we bring entertainment, value, and remembrance to our stakeholders through stories of former
soldiers and their families that fortify the resolve and success of the present generation.
Vision
Everything
we do is inspired by our long-term mission:
- To educate generations... in body, mind, and spirit.
- To arouse
remembrance and optimism... through our brand and our actions.
- To create value and make
a difference... everywhere we engage."
Novels
Red Tails of the 99th Fighter Squadron relied on Will and his comrades in the 366th Infantry Regiment during
WWII for security of pilots and their P-51 Mustangs while on the ground at Ramitelli Aerodrome, Italy.
because of parental mate selection and racism in 
their community.
