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Author:

Hale, Jon N.

Title:

The freedom schools : student activists in the Mississippi civil rights movement / Jon N. Hale.

Publisher:

Columbia University Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

pages cm

Subject:

Mississippi Freedom Schools.
Mississippi Freedom Schools.
African Americans--History--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--History--Mississippi--History--20th century.
Mississippi--History--History--20th century.
African American students.
African Americans--Civil rights.
Civil rights movements.
Education--Political aspects.
Political activists.
Race relations.
Student movements.
Mississippi.
1900 - 1999
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN:

023117568X
9780231175685

OCLC:

(OCoLC)921995009

LCCN:

2015034499

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)