WINNER, 10TH STOWE PRIZE FOR LITERARY ACTIVISM LA Times Book Prize Finalist Longlisted for the Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize KIRKUS REVIEWS : 150 MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF THE FALL NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB : SEPTEMBER 2023 MUST-READ BOOKS WE ARE TEACHERS : THE BEST NEW BOOKS COMING SEPTEMBER 2023 "Detailed and persuasive, this is a must-read for educators." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review "Lays out the racial injustices rampant in the public education system, from the era of school segregation to the massive resistance to Brown v. Board to the current era of so-called school choice. an important--though enraging and heartbreaking--read." -- Booklist "A stark critique of 40 years of education policies that were deliberately crafted 'to punish Black people for believing in and fighting for their right to quality public education.' . An impassioned plea for educational justice." Kirkus Reviews "A.

book that enrages, inspires, informs, and dreams." -- Bucks County Beacon "A landmark book." Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to be an Antiracist "Brilliant." Carol Anderson, bestselling author of White Rage "Love is one of our fiercest advocates." Michael Eric Dyson, bestselling author "An urgent call to action." Salamishah Tillet, winner of the Pulitzer Prize "Blends brilliance, warmth, and a deep commitment to the pursuit of justice for all our nation's children." Brittney Cooper, bestselling author of Eloquent Rage "Accessible and deeply personal.

Love's interviews with Black folks. add a tenderness and intimacy." Eve L. Ewing, author of Ghosts in the Schoolyard "Love brilliantly exposes how the promise of education as a means to lift all boats and right historical wrongs is coopted by politics, strategies, euphemisms, and implicit biases that surveil and control children of color under the guise of teaching them. This is an urgent, often surprising, ultimately must-read book for anyone concerned with the pedagogy in and of our nation." Jonathan Metzl, author of Dying of Whiteness.