| Description |
1 online resource (218 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Movement Beginnings in Hattiesburg -- Creating Mississippi Freedom Schools -- First Weeks of a Memorable Summer -- An Eventful August -- Other Mississippi Freedom Schools -- Aftermath of Freedom Summer -- Freedom Summer as a Life-Sharing Experience -- Hattiesburg in the Present |
| Summary |
In 1964, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee decided to establish Freedom Schools as part of its Freedom Summer campaign in Mississippi. With a curriculum developed by dedicated educators, SNCC workers, and an equally dedicated staff of teachers and student volunteers, the schools provided a learning experience and teaching style that revealed to students who had known only the "stay in your place" experience of segregated education what schools should, and could, be. The achievements of the students involved in Freedom Summer lifted the expectations of students who followed them and hastened the end of segregated schools in Mississippi. In Legacy of a Freedom School, Sandra E. Adickes recalls her experiences working with the SNCC, reminding us all of the powerful Freedom Summer |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-212) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Adickes, Sandra, 1933-
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| SUBJECT |
Adickes, Sandra, 1933- fast |
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Mississippi Freedom Schools -- Influence
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Mississippi Freedom Project -- Influence
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Mississippi Freedom Project fast |
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Mississippi Freedom Schools fast |
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Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- Hattiesburg -- History -- 20th century
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Civil rights workers -- Mississippi -- Hattiesburg -- History -- 20th century
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- Hattiesburg -- History -- 20th century
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Education.
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History of the Americas.
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HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
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Education.
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African Americans -- Civil rights
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Civil rights movements
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Civil rights workers
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Race relations
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Hattiesburg (Miss.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
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| Subject |
Mississippi -- Hattiesburg
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781403979353 |
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1403979359 |
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1281368024 |
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9781281368027 |
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9781403964274 |
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1403964270 |
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9781349551842 |
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1349551848 |
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