| To Write in the Light of Freedom: The Newspapers of the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Schools Contributor(s): Sturkey, William (Editor), Hale, Jon N. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1496809653 ISBN-13: 9781496809650 Publisher: University Press of Mississippi OUR PRICE: $34.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | African American - Education | History - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) |
| Dewey: 323.119 |
| Series: Margaret Walker Alexander Series in African American Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.54" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.67 lbs) 232 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Chronological Period - 1960's - Topical - Black History - Geographic Orientation - Mississippi |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Sturkey, William: - William Sturkey, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, is an assistant professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His work has appeared in the Journal of Mississippi History and the Journal of African American History.Hale, Jon N.: - Jon N. Hale, Charleston, South Carolina, is an assistant professor at the College of Charleston in South Carolina. His work has appeared in the Journal of African American History, History of Education Quarterly, South Carolina Historical Magazine, and Journal of Social Studies Research. |