Amazing grace quotes jonathan kozol biography

          A dream does not die on its own.!

          Jonathan Kozol (born September 5, ) is an American writer, progressive activist, and educator, best known for his books on public education in the.

          Amazing Grace:

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          The Number 6 train from Manhattan to the South Bronx makes nine stops in the 18-minute ride between East 59th Street and Brook Avenue.

          When you enter the train, you are in the seventh richest congressional district in the nation. When you leave, you are in the poorest.

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          The 600,000 people who live here and the 450,000 people who live in Washington Heights and Harlem, which are separated from the South Bronx by a narrow river, make up one of the largest racially segregated concentrations of poor people in our nation.

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          Brook Avenue, which is the tenth stop on the local, lies in the center of Mott Haven, whose 48,000 people are the poorest in the South Bronx.

          Two thirds are Hispanic, one third black. Thirty-five percent are children.

          “A dream does not die on its own.

        1. Jonathan Kozol · At that time, I had recently finished a book called Amazing Grace, which many people tell me is a very painful book to read.
        2. A dream does not die on its own.
        3. Children, Sometimes.
        4. Amazing Grace by Jonathan Kozol explores the lives of children and families in the South Bronx, one of America's poorest urban areas.

          5. In 1991, the median household income of the area, according to the New York Times, was $7,600.

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          St. Ann’s Church, on St. Ann’s Avenue, is three blocks from the subway station. The children who