The freedom schools : student activists in the Mississippi civil rights movement

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Author:

Hale, Jon N., author.

ISBN:

9780231541824

Personal Author:

Hale, Jon N., author.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (317 pages) : illustrations

Contents:

Introduction: The Mississippi Freedom Schools -- "The pathway from slavery to freedom" : the origins of education and the ideology of liberation in Mississippi -- "There was something happening" : the early education and politicization of the freedom school students -- "The student as a force for social change" : the politics and organization of the Mississippi Freedom Schools -- "We will walk in the light of freedom" : attending and teaching in the freedom schools -- "I can't leave" : educational activism and reconceptualizing freedom after the summer campaign -- Carrying forth the struggle : freedom schools and contemporary educational policy -- Epilogue: Remembering the freedom schools during the contemporary civil rights movement.

Local Note:

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

Corporate Subject:

Mississippi Freedom Schools.

Subject Term:

African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.

Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.

African American students -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.

Student movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.

Political activists -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.

Education -- Political aspects -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.

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