Taking Freedom: School Segregation, The Continuing Tragedy of Ferguson [psmag.com]
The Taking Freedom book series, a collaboration between The Social Justice Foundation , the Service Employees International Union's Racial Justice Center , and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Community Innovators Lab (CoLab) , is intended to address a wide range of issues, from housing rights, to debt burden, to police reform, and more. On August 1st, five black students in satiny green and red robes and mortar boards waited inside an elementary school classroom, listening for...