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News and Events : News 04-05
Press Release
May 6, 2005
Algebra Project Founder to Speak at Northfield Mount Hermon
NORTHFIELD, Mass.— Robert P. Moses, a leader of the 1960’s Civil
Rights movement and author of Radical Equations: Civil Rights
from Mississippi to the Algebra Project, will speak at the
Northfield Mount Hermon School on Monday, May 9.
Moses went to Mississippi in 1961 to organize black voters for
the 1964 elections. Forty years later, he is running a national
math literacy program called the Algebra Project. Moses sees the
crisis in math literacy in poor communities as a civil rights
issue, and feels that developing math skills is a key to economic and
civic equality. The Algebra Project began with Moses as the sole
participant and is now a network of programs in 25 cities
serving more than 40,000 children.
The lecture will start at 6:45 pm in Grandin Hall on the
school’s Mount Hermon campus and run for about an hour with a
reception following. Admission is free and the public is
invited.
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