E-mail a friendOctober 7, 2005
Author Jonathan Kozol discusses segregation in school systems. Actor Elijah Wood talks about the impact on his life of the Lord of the Rings film trilogy.
Jonathan Kozol
Jonathan Kozol
The Chicago Sun-Times has called Jonathan Kozol 'today's most eloquent spokesman for America's disenfranchised.' In his work, Kozol explores race, poverty and education. A Harvard grad, he moved to Boston's Roxbury neighborhood and became a public school teacher. After being fired for reading a Langston Hughes poem to his students, he wrote Death at an Early Age, which put urban schools on America's political agenda. His new book is The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America.
Elijah Wood
Elijah Wood
Actor Elijah Wood started out as a model and pitching products in commercials and, after taking on increasingly larger acting roles, became a critically acclaimed child actor. After landing the much sought-after part of Frodo in The Lord of the Rings, he began a new chapter in his career. Wood also has a passion for music, admits to owning thousands of CDs across musical genres and has a record label, Simian Records. He's next up in two fall releases, Bobby, and the animated musical, Happy Feet.