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Author:
Phillips, Michael (Pastor), author.
Title:
Wrong lanes have right turns : a pardoned man's escape from the school-to-prison pipeline and what we can do to dismantle it / Michael Phillips.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher:
WaterBrook,
Copyright Date:
2022
Description:
xiii, 230 pages ; 24 cm
Subject:
Phillips, Michael--(Pastor)
African American clergy--Biography.
Christian biography--United States.
Ex-convicts--United States--Biography.
African American boys--Social aspects.--Social aspects.
Racism in education--United States.
Prison-industrial complex--United States.
Educational change--United States.
Autobiographies.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
My soul looks back and wonders -- The predator and the prey -- Great dreams begin with dreamers -- Bitter seed -- Courting purpose -- Crash -- Short money -- Tragedy interrupted -- Redemption & re-entry -- No success without struggle -- Right turns.
Summary:
"The unforgettable true story of one man's escape from the school-to-prison pipeline, how he reinvented himself as a pastor and education reform advocate, and what his journey can teach us about turning the collateral damage in the lives of our youth into collateral hope"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
0593193903
9780593193907
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1267403206
LCCN:
2021028714
Locations:
GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)
TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)
SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

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