A book by Jonathan Kozol, Death at an Early Age: The Destruction of the Hearts and Minds of Negro Children in the Boston Public Schools was first published in 1967. It won the National Book Award for Science, Philosophy, and Religion for 1968. The book describes Kozol's first year of teaching, which took place in the Boston public school system. Reissue ISBN 0-452-26292-5
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Jonathan Kozol
Jonathan Kozol (born September 5, 1936 in Boston, Massachusetts) is a non-fiction writer, educator, and activist, best known for his books on public education in the ian. Kozol graduated from Noble and Greenough School in 1954, and Harvard University summa cum laude in 1958 with a degree in English...
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National Book Award for Science, Philosophy and Religion Winners
- 1964
- 1965
- 1967
- 1968