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Geoffrey Canada

Born

in New York City, The United States

January 13, 1952

Website

http://www.hcz.org/about-us/about-geoffrey-canada

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Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction, History

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Geoffrey Canada is an African-American social activist. He is the author of Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence in America. Since 1990, Canada has been president and CEO of the Harlem Children’s Zone in Harlem, New York.
He also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bowdoin College and a Master's degree in education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. ...more

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	Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence 4.03 avg rating — 3,023 ratings — published 1995 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reaching Up for Manhood: Transforming the Lives of Boys in America 3.86 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 1997 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Which Side of History? How Technology Is Reshaping Democracy and Our Lives by James P. Steyer (Editor, Introduction), Cheri Vandenheuvel (Narrator), Kyle Chappel (Narrator) 3.78 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 2020 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fist Stick Knife Gun A Personal History of Violence in America 1995 Beacon Edition 3.50 avg rating — 10 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Reaching Up for Manhood by Geoffrey Canada (1997-12-18) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence by Geoffrey Canada(2008-04-01) by Geoffrey Canada, Jamar Nicholas (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“While reaching up for manhood they tumble over a moral and ethical precipice and many can never scale their way back up.”
― Geoffrey Canada, Reaching Up for Manhood: Transforming the Lives of Boys in America

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“a 1997 Boston Globe article notes that “several new studies highlight the problems boys have in reading and writing, showing that they are far worse than the well-advertised problems for girls in math and science”
― Geoffrey Canada, Reaching Up for Manhood: Transforming the Lives of Boys in America

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“Americans have been slaughtering one another in record numbers, in what can only be called America’s secret war against itself.”
― Geoffrey Canada, Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence

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