Book Tour: The Deep Heart’s Core

Posted by on November 15, 2002

PHILADELPHIA!
Come out and support Teach for America AmeriCorps alumni Michael Johnston on his book tour.

Tuesday, November 19th
7 P.M.
Borders Books and Music
1727 Walnut St.
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Store phone: 215.568.7400
Contact: Kelly Gartner

Michael Johnston, a native of Colorado, moved to Mississippi after graduating from Yale College in 1997. Fascinated by the history and culture of the south since he was a child, he wanted to teach in Mississippi and Teach For America provided the perfect opportunity. The Deep Heart’s Core is the compelling story of Johnston’s years as a teacher and a citizen in Greenville, Mississippi. Its heartbreaking accounts carry you through the intimate struggles of students, families and community members who inhabit the poorest tracts of rural America. His trenchant observations about the racial struggles that persist in 21st century Mississippi take the reader back to a place and a problem that many have ignored since the painful days of Dr. King and the civil rights movement.

web page: http://www.deepheartscore.com/

Yours in service,

Jason Scott
AmeriCorps Recruitment Specialist
801 Arch St, Suite 104
Philadelphia, PA 19107
t (215) 597-2715
f (215) 597-0792

YOUR WORLD.
YOUR CHANCE TO MAKE IT BETTER.
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