Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mark Davis was just 13 years old when he perished in a juvenile detention facility for Black boys in the eastern US state of Maryland some 140 years ago.

Journalist blends history, on-the-ground reporting, finds answer may be civic education that goes far beyond 3 branches of government Excerpted from "The Cradle of Citizenship: How Schools Can Help Save Our Democracy" by James Traub '76.