The Lost Boys

Item sets: The Sphex Club Papers; Jones Memorial Library Manuscripts Collection

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Identifier: JML.MS1133-0430
Barcode: JML.MS1133-0430
Title: The Lost Boys
Description: Text of a lecture delivered to the Sphex Club in Lynchburg. The paper by Sterling Allen Wilder, titled "The Lost Boys," discusses the educational and social challenges faced by young African American males, focusing on the Fourth Grade Failure Syndrome and its long-term effects. The paper examines the decline in academic performance, systemic biases, lack of male role models, and socio-economic factors contributing to the underachievement and high incarceration rates of African American males. It calls for educational reform, increased male role models, and community involvement to address these issues.
Date: 19 January 2012
Creator: Wilder, Sterling A.
topic: SPHEX Club - lectures; Wilder, Sterling Allen; Fourth Grade Failure Syndrome; Education -- inequality; African Americans -- education
Location: Lynchburg, Virginia
Digital Format: pdf
Language: English
Publisher: George M. Jones Library Association
Repository: George M. Jones Library Association
Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/; George M. Jones Library Association
Rights Holder: Wilder, Sterling A.; George M. Jones Library Association