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Whatever it takes Geoffrey Canada's quest to change Harlem and America

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 neighb...

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Main Author: Tough, Paul.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2008.
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.
Summary: 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.
Physical Description: 296 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [276]-285) and index.
ISBN: 9780618569892
0618569898
Author Notes: PAUL TOUGH is an editor at the New York Times Magazine and one of America's foremost writers on poverty, education, and the achievement gap. His reporting on Geoffrey Canada and the Harlem Children's Zone originally appeared as a Times Magazine cover story. He lives with his wife in New York City.

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