Shame of the Nation

A lecture by Jonathan Kozol, Award-Winning Author on Education and Urban Issues In 1967, at the height of the civil rights movement, Kozol lost his teaching position for reading a Langston Hughes poem to his class of fourth graders. The event resulted in the publishing of the first of his several acclaimed and highly influential books, Death at an Early Age, which catapulted the state of America’s schools into the national and political consciousness. His solid, qualitative research and expertise on education in America has made him a definitive voice on the subject. In today’s presentation Kozol speaks to his book, The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America, which is a call to action to stop the inequities in schooling, between school districts which are increasing, while racial segregation has intensified to levels that have not been seen in 40 years.

Held in Goddard Auditorium on the campus of Earlham College. Free and open to the public. For more information, call (765)983-1373.