A Life on the Run: Seeking and Safeguarding Social Justice - Hardcover

Dr. John Telford pulls no punches telling his often scandalous, sometimes humorous, yet poignant and inspiring life story--which Michigan state senator Hansen Clarke calls "Unadulterated dynamite!" and a former ACLU national legal director calls "A triumphant tale of racing, rebellion, and raw courage."

John Telford has run on many tracks during his tumultuous seventy-three years--not all of them always the right ones. He outran Olympic champions, appeared on television, coached and taught in ghetto schools and in colleges, led school districts, and fought for urban school reform and minority rights. But he also was incarcerated as a teen, was expelled from a Detroit high school for brawling with an administrator, made indiscreet and indiscriminte love with other men's wives, and was attacked for his controversial educational and social initiatives.