Book Talk: Punished for Dreaming

Center for Black Visual Culture Please join the Center for Black Visual Culture and Dr. Bettina Love for a discussion and signing of her book Punished For Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal. In Punished for Dreaming Dr. Bettina Love argues forcefully that Reagan’s presidency ushered in a War on Black Children, pathologizing and penalizing them in concert with the War on Drugs. Dr. Love lays bare the devastating effect on 25 Black Americans and offers a road map for repair, with transformation for all children at its core. Punished for Dreaming is a NY Times Bestseller and nominated for an NAACP Image Award. Dr. Bettina L. Love holds the prestigious William F. Russell Professorship at Teachers College, Columbia University, and is the acclaimed author of the New York Times bestseller "Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal." In 2022, the...

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