| The Legacy of a Freedom School 2005 Edition Contributor(s): Adickes, S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1403964270 ISBN-13: 9781403964274 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $49.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2005 Annotation: The story of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee's Mississippi Freedom Schools. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Education | History - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) |
| Dewey: 976.218 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.10 lbs) 218 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1960's - Cultural Region - South - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - Mississippi - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1964, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee decided to establish Freedom Schools as part of its Freedom Summer campaign in Mississippi. With a curriculum developed by dedicated educators, SNCC workers, and an equally dedicated staff of teachers and student volunteers, the schools provided a learning experience and teaching style that revealed to students who had known only the "stay in your place" experience of segregated education what schools should, and could, be. The achievements of the students involved in Freedom Summer lifted the expectations of students who followed them and hastened the end of segregated schools in Mississippi. In Legacy of a Freedom School, Sandra E. Adickes recalls her experiences working with the SNCC, reminding us all of the powerful Freedom Summer. |