Dr. John Telford
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Retired school superintendent, author, & activist |
| Location | Detroit, Michigan, United States |
| Links | Wishlist |
| Introduction | I am a 74-year-old long-time civil rights activist, a former NCAA All-American sprinter, a first-generation Scot, a violinist, poet, and author of "A Life on the RUN - Seeking and Safeguarding Social Justice" (Harmonie Park Press, Sterling Heights, MI. |
| Interests | poetry, African-American rights, track & field, boxing, my beautiful young wife. |
| Favorite Movies | Viva Zapata with Marlon Brando, Brabeheart, Rob Roy, the Jose Ferrer version of Cyrano de Bergerac. |
| Favorite Music | Classical (not opera) |
| Favorite Books | Soul on Ice, by Eldridge Cleaver, the Autobikography of Malcolm X, The Three Musketeers, by Alexandre Dumas, and a thousand others. |
How can we resuscitate urban education?