Whatever It Takes
Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2008.
Format: Book
Description: 296 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
An intriguing portrait of African-American activist Geoffrey Canada, creator of the Harlem Children's Zone, describes his radical new approach to eliminating inner-city poverty, one that proposes to transform the lives of poor children by changing their schools, their families, and their neighborhoods at the same time.
Contents:
The lottery -- Unequal childhoods -- Baby college -- Contamination -- Battle mode -- Bad apples -- Last chance -- The conveyor belt -- Escape velocity -- Graduation -- What would it take?
Subjects:
Canada, Geoffrey.
Poverty -- New York (State) -- New York -- Prevention.
African American children -- Education -- New York (State) -- New York.
African American children -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions.
Poor -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Economic conditions.
Canada, Geoffrey.
Poverty -- New York (State) -- New York -- Prevention.
African American children -- Education -- New York (State) -- New York.
African American children -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions.
Poor -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Economic conditions.
ISBN:
9780618569892
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SOCIAL SCI Poverty Tou | Main (Downtown) | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [276]-285) and index.