Hale, Jon N.,
The freedom schools : student activists in the Mississippi civil rights movement / Jon N. Hale. - 1 online resource (317 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780231541824 (e-book)
Mississippi Freedom Schools.
African Americans--Civil rights--History--Mississippi--20th century.
Civil rights movements--History--Mississippi--20th century.
African American students--History--Mississippi--20th century.
Student movements--History--Mississippi--20th century.
Political activists--History--Mississippi--20th century.
Education--Political aspects--History--Mississippi--20th century.
Mississippi--Race relations--History--20th century.
Electronic books.
E185.93.M6 / H35 2016
323.1196/0730762
The freedom schools : student activists in the Mississippi civil rights movement / Jon N. Hale. - 1 online resource (317 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780231541824 (e-book)
Mississippi Freedom Schools.
African Americans--Civil rights--History--Mississippi--20th century.
Civil rights movements--History--Mississippi--20th century.
African American students--History--Mississippi--20th century.
Student movements--History--Mississippi--20th century.
Political activists--History--Mississippi--20th century.
Education--Political aspects--History--Mississippi--20th century.
Mississippi--Race relations--History--20th century.
Electronic books.
E185.93.M6 / H35 2016
323.1196/0730762