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Jonathan Kozol  

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  • Jonathan Kozol was born in Newton, Massachusetts, a wealthy Boston suburb, in 1936. He is best known as an activist and writer, using firsthand accounts of individuals who are directly affected to illuminate social issues, such as segregated schools, inequities in education, illiteracy, and homelessness. [Source: Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice; Kozol, Jonathan (1936–)]

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