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Jonathan Kozol

When I was teaching in the 1960s in Boston, there was a great deal of hope in the air. Martin Luther King Jr. was alive, Malcolm X was alive great, great leaders were emerging from the southern freedom movement.

Jonathan Kozol

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In the 1960s, while Jonathan Kozol was teaching in Boston, there was a strong sense of optimism because influential civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X were actively leading efforts for change.

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