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646720
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To write in the light of freedom : : the newspapers of the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Schools /\ edited by William Sturkey and Jon N. Hale
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| Series Statement
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Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies
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220 pages ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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9781628461886
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: 1628461888
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9781628461893
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| Notes
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"This collection contains Freedom School newspapers gathered from archives, libraries, and personal collections across America"--Introduction
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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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)
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| Abstract
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"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"--
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Mississippi Freedom Schools
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African Americans-- Mississippi-- Social conditions-- 20th century
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African Americans-- Civil rights-- Mississippi-- History-- 20th century
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Civil rights movements-- Mississippi-- History-- 20th century
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African American students-- Mississippi-- History-- 20th century
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Student newspapers and periodicals-- Mississippi-- History-- 20th century
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| Dewey Classification
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323.1196/07307620904
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| LC Classification
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E185.93.M6T6 2015
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| Added Entry
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Sturkey, William
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Hale, Jon N
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