Best-selling Author, Jonathon Kozol, to Visit Marquette

Released: 10/8/07

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Jonathan Kozol, author of The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid School in America and Savage Inequalities, will speak on Marquette's campus in November, sharing his thoughts on the current state of the U.S. Public School system and the legacy of the civil rights movement in education.

“Hearts of Children and the Obligation of America’s Schools”

November 12, 2007

AMU Ballrooms, 6:00 p.m.

Reception and book-signing to follow

Click here for more information on his lecture and related events.

"Over the last 15 years, the state of the inner-city public schools has been in a steep and continued decline.  Since the federal courts began dismantling the landmark ruling in ‘Brown v Board of Education’, segregation of black children has reverted to its highest level since 1968.”

–from Shame of the Nation by Jonathon Kozol