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EPISODE · Aug 18, 2023 · 27 MIN

James Barkdale's literacy mission in Mississippi schools

from White House Chronicle · host Llewellyn King

After selling Netscape in 1999, James Barksdale returned home to Mississippi to launch an extraordinarily successful education initiative. When he began, Mississippi's students were ranked at the bottom of the 50 states; today even students in poverty are No. 1 in the United States. He speaks with Co-host Adam Clayton Powell III.

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After selling Netscape in 1999, James Barksdale returned home to Mississippi to launch an extraordinarily successful education initiative. When he began, Mississippi's students were ranked at the bottom of the 50 states; today even students in poverty are No. 1 in the United States. He speaks with Co-host Adam Clayton Powell III.

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After selling Netscape in 1999, James Barksdale returned home to Mississippi to launch an extraordinarily successful education initiative. When he began, Mississippi's students were ranked at the bottom of the 50 states; today even students in...

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