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Violence, Youth, and Cities: Training Teens to Solve Problems Without Violence.

Geoffrey Canada is a community activist in Harlem and author of Fist, Stick, Knife, Gun: A Personal History of Violence in America. It is published by Beacon Press 1995. Canada is President of Rheedlen Centers for Children and Families in Harlem. Through his work, Canada teaches children how to solve problems without using violence. Part of this approach is to teach martial arts to his kids. (Rebroadcast of 6/6/1995)

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Other segments from the episode on August 29, 1995

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, August 29, 1995: Interview with Geoffrey Canada; Commentary on Dave Bartholomew.

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