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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hale, Jon N., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

African Americans.

Mississippi Freedom Schools.

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

Civil rights movements.

Race relations.

History.

Education--Political aspects.

Political activists.

Student movements.

African American students.

African Americans--Civil rights.

Mississippi.

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.

Education.

Mississippi--Race relations--History--20th century.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 300 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, 2016.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-285) and index.

ISBN:

9780231175685

023117568X

OCLC:

921995009