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#1 The city of Helena, Arkansas, was once the commercial center of a prosperous region. But when the middle class began to leave in the 1970s, the city began to decline.
#2 In Phillips County, Arkansas, which is home to Helena, the white population mostly works at the casino or at Walmart. Their children, usually black, rarely interact with each other.
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Michelle Kuo arrived in the rural town of Helena, Arkansas, as a Teach for America volunteer in 2004, bursting with optimism and drive. But she soon encountered the jarring realities of life in one of the poorest counties in America. In this memoir, Michelle shares the story of her complicated but rewarding mentorship of one student, Patrick Browning, and his remarkable literary and political awakening. Fifteen and in the eighth grade, Patrick begins...
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