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To write in the light of freedom : the newspapers of the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Schools
- Title
- To write in the light of freedom : the newspapers of the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Schools / edited by William Sturkey and Jon N. Hale.
- Publication
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2015]
- Supplementary Content
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 220 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "Fifty years after Freedom Summer, To Write in the Light of Freedom offers a glimpse into the hearts of the African American youths who attended the Mississippi Freedom Schools in 1964. One of the most successful initiatives of Freedom Summer, more than forty Freedom Schools opened doors to thousands of young African American students. Here they learned civics, politics, and history, curriculum that helped them instead of the degrading lessons supporting segregation and Jim Crow and sanctioned by White Citizen's Councils. Young people enhanced their self-esteem and gained a new outlook on the future. And at more than a dozen of these schools, students wrote, edited, printed and published their own newspapers. For more than five decades, the Mississippi Freedom Schools have served as powerful models of educational activism. Yet, little has been published that documents black Mississippi youths' responses to this profound experience"--
- Series Statement
- Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies
- Uniform Title
- Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies.
- Subjects
- African Americans > Mississippi > Social conditions > 20th century
- Mississippi Freedom Schools
- African Americans > Civil rights > Mississippi > History > 20th century
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
- African American students > Mississippi > History > 20th century
- Student newspapers and periodicals > Mississippi > History > 20th century
- Civil rights movements > Mississippi > History > 20th century
- Note
- "This collection contains Freedom School newspapers gathered from archives, libraries, and personal collections across America"--Introduction.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Call Number
- Sc D 15-678
- ISBN
- 9781628461886
- 1628461888
- LCCN
- 2014024113
- OCLC
- 879245485
- Title
- To write in the light of freedom : the newspapers of the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Schools / edited by William Sturkey and Jon N. Hale.
- Publisher
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2015]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studiesMargaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Sturkey, William, editor.Hale, Jon N., editor.
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 15-678