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NYU Panelist Bios: William Finnegan - English
URL: http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/race_class/thiercernese/speaker4.htm

Journalist William Finnegan was traveling in Asia in 1980 when, strapped for cash, he obtained a position at Grassy Park High School of South Africa. The experiences that followed exposed him to the grim realities of apartheid. He witnessed a nationwide school boycott. He also recognized a curriculum that was designed to promote the subservience of blacks. Finnegan began a quiet attempt to reform the educational system from within, but these efforts were curtailed by the boycott. He then traveled with a group of reporters through South Africa and Mozambique, writing for newspapers that were run by whites.

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