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The life of mathematics educator and civil rights organiser, Dr Robert Moses

Dr Robert Moses, a pioneer in US civil rights and mathematics education has died. Charmaine Cozier looks at how these two chapters of his life were intrinsically linked.

Dr Robert Moses, a pioneer in African-American civil rights and mathematics education has died at the age of 86. Charmaine Cozier looks at an extraordinary life, from the courthouses of 1960s Mississippi to the classrooms of modern public schools, and traces the philosophy and values that threaded their way through his life. 

Presenter: Charmaine Cozier 
Producer: Nathan Gower

Portrait of American Civil Rights activist Robert Parris Moses, New York, 1964. (Photo by Robert Elfstrom/Villon Films/Gety Images)

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