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An intriguing portrait of African-American activist Geoffrey Canada, creator of the Harlem Children's Zone, describes his radical new approach to eliminating inner-city poverty, one that proposes to transform the lives of poor children by changing their schools, their families, and their neighborhoods at the same time.

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African American children
African American children -- Education -- New York (State) -- New York
African American children -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions
African American studies
Canada
Canada, Geoffrey
Economic conditions
Education
Electronic books
Ethnology
Ethnology -- Study and teaching
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Economic conditions
Minorities
Minorities -- Study and teaching
Nonfiction
Political science
Poor
Poor -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions
Poverty
Poverty -- New York (State) -- New York -- Prevention
Prevention
Social conditions
Social sciences
Sociology
Study and teaching
World

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Social conditions
Social sciences
Sociology
Study and teaching
World

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