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b"Join Eve L. Ewing in radically reimagining the meaning of public schools with an antiracist, liberatory vision of what education could be.\\n\\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\\n\\nWhat are schools beyond the brick and mortar that compose them or the test scores and graduation rates that garner the most public attention?\\n\\nJoin writer, scholar and cultural organizer Eve. L. Ewing in conversation with Jen Johnson from the Chicago Teachers Union as they discuss what schools really mean to Americans and to African-Americans in particular.\\n\\nCan schools be places for liberation or are they destined to remain institutions that reflect the oppressions and segregation of society?\\n\\nDr. Eve L. Ewing is a sociologist of education and a writer from Chicago. She is the author, most recently, of the poetry collection 1919 and the nonfiction work Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago's South Side. Her first book, the poetry collection Electric Arches, received awards from the American Library Association and the Poetry Society of America and was named one of the year's best books by NPR and the Chicago Tribune.\\n\\nJen Johnson is Chief of Staff for the Chicago Teachers Union.\\n\\nGet the books:\\n1919: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1295-1919\\nElectric Arches: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1374-electric-arches\\nCheck out Eve's latest book, Ghosts in School Yard: https://bookshop.org/a/1039/9780226526027\\nHaymarket's list of books for young readers: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/116-50-off-haymarket-books-for-young-readers\\nHaymarket's education justice reading list: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/146-education-justice-reading-list\\n\\nWatch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/NHo2egETxvI\\n\\nBuy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org\\n\\nFollow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks"