Radical equations : math literacy and civil rights /

• Main Author: Moses, Robert Parris
• Other Authors: Cobb, Charles E., Jr
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston : Beacon Press, 2002.
• Edition: 1st electronic reading ed.
• Subjects: Since 1900; Minorities > Civil rights > United States.; Minorities > Education > United States.; Algebra > Study and teaching (Middle school) > United States.; Mathematics > Study and teaching (Middle school) > United States.; Literacy > United States.; Social justice > United States.; African Americans > Civil rights > Southern States > History > 20th century.; Civil rights movements > Southern States > History > 20th century.; MATHEMATICS > Algebra > Intermediate.; African Americans > Civil rights.; Algebra > Study and teaching (Middle school); Civil rights movements.; Literacy.; Mathematics > Study and teaching (Middle school); Minorities > Civil rights.; Minorities > Education.; Race relations.; Social conditions; Social justice.; United States > Social conditions > 1980-; United States > Race relations.; Southern States.; United States.; Electronic books.; History.

Table of Contents:

• In the Spirit of Ella: The Algebra Project and the Organizing Tradition of the Civil Rights Movement
• Algebra and Civil Rights?
• Learning from Ella: Lessons from Mississippi, ca. 1961
• Standin' at the Crossroads: From Voter Registration to Political Party
• Radical Equations: The Story of a Grassroots Education Movement
• Bouncing a Ball: The Early Days of the Algebra Project
• Pedagogy: The Experience of Teachers and Students
• South Again
• Weldon, North Carolina: The Spirit of Ella Baker
• Shaping Demand: The Young People's Project
• The Mathematics of Trips.