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Radical equations : math literacy and civil rights
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Radical equations : math literacy and civil rights
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The author tells the story of his participation in the voter registration movement in Mississippi in the 1960s, and explains how he used what he learned through his Civil Rights work to establish the Algebra Project, a program dedicated to resolving the crisis in math literacy in poor communities.
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Title
Radical equations : math literacy and civil rights
Call No
Prof 512 Mos
Authors
Moses, Robert P
Cobb, Charles E., Jr
Subjects
Minorities--Civil rights.
Minorities--Education.
Algebra--Study and teaching.
Mathematics--Study and teaching.
Literacy--United States.
United States--Social conditions.
United States--Race relations.
Justice.
African Americans--Southern States--History.
Civil rights movements--History.
Language
English
Published
Boston : Beacon Press, 2001.
Publication Desc
xv, 233 p. : ill. ;
ISBN
0807031267
LCCN
00010364
Target Audience
Adult
Dimensions
23 cm.