Mark Naison: 3 books
Badass Teachers Unite!
Writing on Education, History, and Youth Activism
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2014
Mark Naison is one of the most respected voices in urban education.
Naison founded an organization called the The Badass Teachers Association. They have recruited more than 23,000 members in the first 5 weeks.
His blog receives more than 40,000 unique hits a year.
by Mark Naison, Melissa Castillo-Garsow
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2013
PURE BRONX is a story about the vast diversity of people who make the Bronx what it is-hustlers, gang bangers, immigrants, and the working poor and the powerful interests trying to make money off its struggling people. And it’s about love-what you sacrifice, and what you accept for a chance at real...
Before the Fires
An Oral History of African American Life in the Bronx from the 1930s to the 1960s
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
People associate the South Bronx with gangs, violence, drugs, crime, burned-out buildings, and poverty. This is the message that has been driven into their heads over the years by the media. As Howard Cosell famously said during the 1977 World’s Series at Yankee Stadium, “There it is, ladies and...