To write in the light of freedom
Subtitle: the newspapers of the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Schools
By: edited by William Sturkey and Jon N. Hale
Series: Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies; Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9781628461886
Subjects: Civil rights movements; African American students; Mississippi Freedom Schools; Social conditions; Civil rights; African Americans; Student newspapers and periodicals; History
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"--
Notes: "This collection contains Freedom School newspapers gathered from archives, libraries, and personal collections across America"--Introduction.

Includes bibliographical references and index.