To write in the light of freedom : the newspapers of the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Schools

Author(s)

• Sturkey, William
• Hale, Jon N

Bibliographic Information

To write in the light of freedom : the newspapers of the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Schools

edited by William Sturkey and Jon N. Hale

（Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies）

University Press of Mississippi, 2015

• : hardback

Other Title

To write in the light of freedom : the newspapers of the nineteen sixty four Mississippi Freedom Schools

Note

Includes index

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"-- Provided by publisher

"This collection contains Freedom School newspapers gathered from archives, libraries, and personal collections across America"--Introduction (p. 43)

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

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Details

• NCID: BB18082323
• ISBN:
  • 9781628461886
• LCCN: 2014024113
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Jackson
• Pages/Volumes: 220 p., [8] p. of plates
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : E185.93.M6
  • DC23 : 323.1196/07307620904
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : African Americans -- Mississippi -- Social conditions -- 20th century
  • LCSH : African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
  • LCSH : Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
  • LCSH : Mississippi Freedom Schools
  • LCSH : African American students -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
  • LCSH : Student newspapers and periodicals -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA52536426