The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace
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All Themes “Fronting” Race and Racism Education and the School System Privilege Crime
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All Characters Robert DeShaun Peace Jeff Hobbs Jackie Peace Robert “Skeet” Douglas Friar Edwin Leahy Ty Cantey Raquel Diaz Oswaldo Gutierrez
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The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace

by

Jeffrey Hobbs

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Paper Lanterns

The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace ends with Robert Peace’s high school friends releasing paper lanterns into the night sky on what would have been Robert’s thirty-first birthday. As Jeff Hobbs describes…

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