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To write in the light of freedom :

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1628461888

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9781628461886

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9781628461893

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Title Proper

To write in the light of freedom :

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[Book]

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the newspapers of the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Schools /

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by William Sturkey and Jon N. Hale

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

220 pages ;

Dimensions

23 cm

Series Title

Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies

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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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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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"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"--

Title

To write in the light of freedom.

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9781628461893

Mississippi Freedom Schools

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

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

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

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

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

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Hale, Jon N

Sturkey, William

Date of Transaction

20160203001933.0

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