Fifty years ago Bob Moses organized volunteers to register voters in Mississippi during the Freedom Summer.And for decades, Moses is fighting for civil rights as an educator.
He’s won a MacArthur Genius Grant to develop a new way to teach algebra in largely low-income and minority schools.
The Algebra Project shows students how to translate mathematics into common language and back -- to simplify algebra.
The project is starting its third class at Miami Northwestern High School.
And that’s where WLRN StateImpact Florida reporter John O’Connor sat down to talk with Moses.
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