Monday, October 27, 2014

"The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League"

Jeff Hobbs recounts the life and death of his college roommate, Robert Peace, who was raised in a poor neighborhood of Newark, New Jersey, and attended Yale University. The author recalls Peace's difficulty in transitioning from Yale to Newark and back again over his four years in school, and explores how class, race, family, and community affected the late biochemistry student.

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