Race, Education, and Democracy: Holding Fast to Dreams : Empowering Youth from the Civil Rights Crusade to STEM Achievement (Hardcover)

from SqueakyChu

I'm not sure how widely read this book is going to be as it concentrates on a very specific topic - how to get African American men to achieve PhDs or MD-PhDs in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math). I was totally captivated by this book even though I am neither black nor male. My fi...

from KWROLSEN

Not only is this book inspirational, it gives a great history lesson from a point of view that we often don't hear. This point of view is from Dr. Hrabowski, a child growing up in the south during the civil rights movement. He describes not only the struggles, but the successes he experiences dur...

from jwpell

I started this book expecting it to be a quick, light read like several of the others of this sort that I've reviewed. Instead, it was packed with thinking: I cannot believe I got it through the Early Reviewers program. In his first chapter, Hrabowski discusses some of his experiences growing up ...

from FCClibraryoshkosh

'The children are our future'. Every movement says that but this book shows that words are not enough. Results tell better than words and this book lays out in great detail how the Meyerhoff program is helping Black students and women get in to STEM careers and succeed. It is well worth reading f...

from Susan.Macura

Dr. Hrabowski has had an interesting life. In this book he chronicles his experiences as a child, taking part and being arrested for five days as a member of the Children's Crusade, a part of the Civil Rights Movement during the 60s, to his years in college. He reflects on how these experiences s...