Whatever it takes : Geoffrey Canada's quest to change Harlem and America / Paul Tough.
Tough, Paul.
2008
HC79.P63 T68 2008 (Mapit)
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Title
Whatever it takes : Geoffrey Canada's quest to change Harlem and America / Paul Tough.
Author
Tough, Paul.
ISBN
9780618569892
0618569898
Publication Details
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2008.
Language
English
Description
296 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Call Number
HC79.P63 T68 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification
362.74/8097471
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [276]-285) and index.
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