Author Visit: Justin Murphy Discusses Your Children Are Very Greatly in Danger. In-Person
Author Visit: Justin Murphy Discusses Your Children Are Very Greatly in Danger: School Segregation in Rochester, New York.
Democrat and Chronicle education reporter Justin Murphy will discuss the findings in his new book, Your Children Are Very Greatly in Danger: School Segregation in Rochester, New York. Drawing on never-before-seen archival documents as well as scores of new interviews, Murphy shows how discriminatory public policy and personal prejudice combined to create the racially segregated education system that exists in the Rochester area today.
Justin Murphy is a reporter for the Democrat and Chronicle, covering education in the Rochester area with an emphasis on the Rochester City School District. He has worked at the Democrat and Chronicle since 2012 and before that was a reporter for The Citizen in Auburn, New York. He grew up in Penfield and attended the University of Chicago and the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. He lives with his wife and children in the Cobbs Hill neighborhood.
- Date:
- Wednesday, July 13, 2022
- Time:
- 7:00pm - 8:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Arnett - Meeting Room
- Library:
- Arnett Branch
- Audience:
- Adults
- Categories:
- Book Talk/Review
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