How a book club is helping to keep ex-offenders from going back to jail
Robert Barksdale steps in front of the students in an English class at Eastern High School, searching for some semblance of redemption.
“For me, school is a treat because I never got to be in school, for real,” he begins. He always envisioned visiting a school to speak to students but was beginning to realize the pressures of standing in front of the classroom. He scans the room and says: “Y’all are a little intimidating.”
