From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Four African American Freedom School students engage in discussion while sitting at a table in the basement room of an African American church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during Freedom Summer...
Transcribed copy of an essay written by a Freedom School volunteer. Describes the locations of the Freedom Schools, subjects taught, enrollment, activities, as well as the students' concerns regarding discrimination. Also discusses the burdens of...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on October 21, 1999 with Dr. Sandra Adickes (born 1933). In 1963, Dr. Adickes taught African-Americans in freedom school efforts in Prince Edward County, Virginia. In 1964, she was recruited to teach in...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. A typed letter addressed to Friends that describes their work in and around Batesville, Mississippi, on voter registration. They also mention developments in registration across the state. The...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. List of required and optional items for freedom school teachers to bring to Mississippi; memo originated at COFO headquarters.
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The material discusses the successes and failures of the Mississippi Freedom Project, and the treatment of its volunteers at various locales in Mississippi.
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Curriculum suggestions for prospective freedom school teachers. Table of contents delineates three distinct curriculum areas: academic, citizenship, and recreational and artistic; document...
Carbon copy of a 1 1/2-page typed letter, dated July 9, [1964], from Nancy Ellin to an anonymous person(s). The document describes Freedom Schools (curriculum, enrollment, etc.) and the opinions of teachers and students. It also details the local...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Essay written by student Julie Ann McCarty that expresses her enthusiasm for the Freedom School which she is attending.
Transcribed copy of a list of suggestions for teaching methods for teachers in the Mississippi Freedom Project. Suggestions include an emphasis on teaching the students to clearly express their ideas as opposed to an emphasis on grammar and...
