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"There is considerable debate about whether there is a crisis in the education of young men, who are graduating from high school and college at a lower rate than their female classmates. But there is little doubt of the need for successfully educating young men of color. Dr. Robert M. Franklin has proposed a new definition of what success means.

In studying the effects of war, it is often the immediate, destructive violence or political implications that receive the most attention.

Bill Strickland’s simple message – give people the tools they need, treat them with respect, and they will perform miraculous deeds – is as simple as it is profound. From a sleeping bag on the second floor of a dilapidated building he built one of the most extraordinary organizations in America, employing and training thousands.