To Write in the Light of Freedom [electronic resource] : The Newspapers of the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Schools / edited by William Sturkey and Jon N. Hale.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hale, Jon N.

Sturkey, William, editor of compilation.

Series:

Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies.

Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Student newspapers and periodicals--Mississippi--History--20th century.

Student newspapers and periodicals.

African American students--Mississippi--History--20th century.

African American students.

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

Civil rights movements.

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

African Americans.

African Americans--Mississippi--Social conditions--20th century.

Mississippi Freedom Schools.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (237 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson, Mississippi : University Press Mississippi, 2015.

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.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Introduction

Benton County Freedom Train

Drew Freedom Fighter

The Freedom Carrier (Greenwood, MS)

Hattiesburg Freedom Press

Student Voice of True Light (Hattiesburg, MS)

The Freedom News (Holly Springs, MS)

Freedom's Journal (McComb, MS)

Freedom Star (Meridian, MS)

Freedom News (Palmer's Crossing, MS)

Ruleville Freedom Fighter

Freedom Flame (Shaw, MS)

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

Z.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62674-090-9

OCLC:

885092740