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The extraordinary life of Robert Moses

The extraordinary life of Robert Moses

FromMore or Less: Behind the Stats


The extraordinary life of Robert Moses

FromMore or Less: Behind the Stats

ratings:
Length:
9 minutes
Released:
Aug 21, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Dr Robert Moses, a pioneer in African-American civil rights and mathematics education has died at the age of 86. Charmaine Cozier looks at an extraordinary life, from the courthouses of 1960s Mississippi to the classrooms of modern public schools, and traces the philosophy and values that threaded their way through his life.

Presenter: Charmaine Cozier
Producer: Nathan Gower

Portrait of American Civil Rights activist Robert Parris Moses, New York, 1964. (Photo by Robert Elfstrom/Villon Films/Gety Images)
Released:
Aug 21, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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Tim Harford and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which surround us. From BBC Radio 4