3. “The Student as a Force for Social Change”: The Politics and Organization of the Mississippi Freedom Schools

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Abbreviations xiii
5. Introduction: The Mississippi Freedom Schools 1
6. 1. “The Pathway from Slavery to Freedom”: The Origins of Education and the Ideology of Liberation in Mississippi 19
7. 2. “There Was Something Happening”: The Civil Rights Education and Politicization of the Freedom School Students 37
8. 3. “The Student as a Force for Social Change”: The Politics and Organization of the Mississippi Freedom Schools 68
9. 4. “We Will Walk in the Light of Freedom”: Attending and Teaching in the Freedom Schools 108
10. 5. “We Do Hereby Declare Independence”: Educational Activism and Reconceptualizing Freedom After the Summer Campaign 149
11. 6. Carrying Forth the Struggle: Freedom Schools and Contemporary Educational Policy 196
12. Epilogue: Remembering the Freedom Schools Fifty Years Later 224
13. Notes 231
14. Index 287