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Author Moses, Robert Parris.

Title Radical equations : math literacy and civil rights / Robert P. Moses and Charles E. Cobb, Jr.

Publication Info. Boston : Beacon Press, [2001]
©2001

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Location Call No. Status
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  512 MOS    Check Shelf
Description xv, 233 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Note Includes index.
Contents In the Spirit of Ella: The Algebra Project and the Organizing Tradition of the Civil Rights Movement -- Algebra and Civil Rights? -- Learning from Ella: Lessons from Mississippi, ca. 1961 -- Standin' at the Crossroads: From Voter Registration to Political Party -- Radical Equations: The Story of a Grassroots Education Movement -- Bouncing a Ball: The Early Days of the Algebra Project -- Pedagogy: The Experience of Teachers and Students -- South Again -- Weldon, North Carolina: The Spirit of Ella Baker -- Shaping Demand: The Young People's Project -- The Mathematics of Trips.
Awards Lillian Smith Book Award, 2001
Subject Minorities -- Civil rights -- United States.
Minorities -- Education -- United States.
Algebra -- Study and teaching (Middle school) -- United States.
Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Middle school) -- United States.
Literacy -- United States.
Social justice -- United States.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-2020
United States -- Race relations.
Added Author Cobb, Charles E., Jr.
Other Form: Online version: Moses, Robert Parris. Radical equations. Boston : Beacon Press, c2001 (OCoLC)606504380
ISBN 0807031267 (acid-free paper)
9780807031261 (acid-free paper)
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