Radical Equations: Math Literacy and Civil RightsBob Moses's work to organize black voters in Mississippi famously transformed the political power of entire communities. Nearly forty years later, Moses is organizing again, this time as teacher and founder of the national math literacy program called the Algebra Project. Moses argues for a crisis in math literacy in poor communities as urgent as the crisis of political access in Mississippi in 1961. Through personal narrative and impassioned argument, he shows the lessons of the civil rights movement at work in a remarkable educational movement today. |
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Lessons from Mississippi ca 1961 | 23 |
From Voter Registration | 58 |
The Story | 89 |
Copyright | |
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Radical Equations: Civil Rights from Mississippi to the Algebra Project Robert Moses,Charles E. Cobb No preview available - 2002 |
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