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Climbing the Ladder of Success: A Firefighters' Journey to the Top

by Rawleigh Quarles, Sr.

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Climbing the Ladder of Success

This book conveys real life experiences in the life of a firefighter (the author), beginning with his childhood desire to become a firefighter, his hopes, his dreams, his desires, and his aspirations as a firefighter. This book was written for the purpose of shining light on and exposing the cultural and racial bias that has always existed, and still does today in our society regarding the discriminatory practices, methods, tactics, and illegalities against people of color regarding hiring and promotions in all workforce categories. This has been, and still is an ongoing and deliberate attempt to promote the advancement of whites over people of color and to prevent the advancement of people of color. This racial injustice is still “alive and well” on the local, state, and national level today, and in particularly in our fire and police departments. The author experienced life changing events during his 31+ years’ experience as he struggled to climb the ladder of success in an effort to reach the top. As a result of his fight for justice and racial equality, he became a drum major for justice.

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Hardback
Format: 6 x 9 Color Dust-Jacketed Hardback, 174 pages
Publisher: Outskirts Press (Jul 07, 2022)
ISBN10: 1977250246
ISBN13: 9781977250247
Genre: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs

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Rawleigh Quarles, Sr.Dr. Rawleigh W. Quarles, Sr. is a native of Virginia. He was born in Bedford, County and spent his early childhood in Roanoke County and grew up in Roanoke City. Three years after graduating from Lucy Addison High School, he was inducted into the City of Roanoke Fire Department, and while there, he furthered his education by attending several colleges and graduating from the National Fire Academy of Emmetsburg, Maryland. During his 31+ years of service in the Roanoke City Fire Department, he achieved and held every position of rank including the position of Chief of the Fire Department. After serving as Fire Chief for 5½ years, he obeyed the divine will and call of God and acknowledged his call to the preaching ministry in 1993. After accepting the call to the ministry, he took an early retirement from the city to accept the position of Senior Pastor for the Staunton Avenue Church of God in Roanoke, Virginia in 1994.
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