Roar Enterprises is a family-owned consulting and Project Management firm whose mission is to promote diversity and inclusion through our films, books and zoom presentations. It is our intent, through our work, to promote unity, cultural competency, and racial understanding. We regularly present to colleges, community based organizations, businesses and educators.
About
Dr. Taylor, founder and president of Roar Enterprises, Inc., is an award winning documentarian, and author, having written numerous books, including two biographies.
He was active in the movement to make Juneteenth a national holiday and his book, Juneteenth: A Celebration of Freedom was presented to governors who made Juneteenth either a state holiday or observance.
Although he is a retired Professor, Dr. Taylor works on a project basis and accepts several projects a year.
Dr. Taylor uses his more than 40 years of experience, detailed and extensive research skills, and keen foresight to tailor solutions that are appropriate for your institution. You can have him in your corner, giving you the knowledge, tools and guidance to take your diversity initiatives to the next level.
Dr. Taylor hails originally from Cape Girardeau, Missouri, with 11 brothers and sisters. He grew up in poverty, but later became the first in his family to earn a college degree.
Dr. Taylor holds degrees from the University of Wisconsin – Madison (PhD), the University of Oregon (MS), and Southeast Missouri State University (BS). He has served as the Dean of Business School at Edgewood College, as the VP and Academic Dean at Herzing University, and as a Regional Dean at Cardinal Stritch University.
Over the years Dr. Taylor has proven himself to be an innovator, accomplished author and educator, sought-after speaker and community servant of the highest order. Examples of the projects Dr. Taylor has spearheaded in the past are:
There’s more to Dr. Taylor’s story. He has served the higher educational community for many years. He and his brother Steve launched the National Minority Campus Chronicle back in the early 80s. This old edition from his archives might bring back memories for some of you. This monthly newspaper covered news by and about students, faculty and staff of color. Chuck and Steve interviewed the leading scholars and equal opportunity activists of that time period.
During the late 80s and early 90s, Charles founded MPE-Multicultural Publishers Exchange, a national consortium of over 250 independent publishers specializing in books and media by and/or for African, Hispanic, Asian and Native Americans.
MPE offered its members a monthly newsletter, an annual conference and at that time the most widely distributed multicultural book catalogue in the country.
Those of you who were around during that time may have attended one of the national conferences that MPE hosted in San Francisco, Los Angeles or Madison, WI. After the Rodney King “unrest” MPE spearheaded a book drive for the LA public schools that was so successful, the late Mayor Tom Bradley declared a “Multicultural Publishers Exchange Day.”
If you don’t remember Dr. Taylor from MPE or the National Minority Campus Chronicle, you might remember him from some of the workshops he’s conducted around the country or his signature reference book-Guide to Multicultural Resources.
The Guide was a comprehensive directory of over 3,000 ALANA organizations, institutions, associations and agencies with a multicultural mission. Choice Magazine said “…this directory could become a mainstay of reference collections.” The California Library Association hailed it as one of the “best reference directories available anywhere!” This is just a sampling of the work Dr. Taylor has done over his long career.
