Tuesday, July 31, 2012

The Other Kids Growing Up in the Bronx « Diane Ravitch's blog

The Other Kids Growing Up in the Bronx « Diane Ravitch's blog:


The Other Kids Growing Up in the Bronx

Mark D. Naison is a professor at Fordham University, where he teaches African-American studies. He is principal investigator of the Bronx African American history project. He writes a blog, “With a Brooklyn Accent.” This is his latest:
Not Every Bronx Tale Has a Geoffrey Canada Ending
In his memoir, Fist, Knife Stick Gun, Geoffrey Canada describes growing up on Union Avenue in the Morrisania section of the Bronx as a harrowing experience- a place where bullies terrorized young people and where no institutions , certainly not the local public schools, offered refuge or protection. It was only when Canada’s family