Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
Hoping to teach tolerance and to improve academic performance, Erin Gruwell challenged her students to tap into their own creative voices as they studied and wrote about the horrors of faced by children during wartime. Kojo speaks with Gruwell and several of her students about their studies, and writing, now published in “The Freedom Writers Diary.”
Guests
- Erin Gruwell Teacher, contributor and editor
- Maria Reyes Student, contributor
- Henry Jones Student, contributor
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