Council of Federated Organizations Panola County Office --Freedom Schools - Memos and Staff Documents, 1964 (Council of Federated Organizations Panola County Office records, 1963-1965; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 521, Box 1, Folder 8)

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Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.). Panola County Office (Miss.)

Description

Curricula and reports from freedom schools and freedom school workshops, information about the MFDP and its plans, information about the December 1964 Mississippi Student Union Convention, and a complaint from a volunteer make up the contents of this folder. The folder also includes some information on official state resistance to freedom schools. The curricula are on black history, on COFO and its MFDP political program, on Mississippi politics, on the Freedom Vote. There's a fascinating report on the freedom schools in 1964 by freedom school coordinator Liz Fusco, advice on teaching reading and writing, lists of books for the reluctant reader, and lists of books sought for freedom schools and libraries. There's an August 1964 issue of Shaw, Mississippi's, "Freedom Flame," a letter from a local black man expressing interest in working with COFO, a press release on the Freedom Vote tally, and a blank student application to attend freedom schools. Black Mississippi resident Nick Hampto

Format:

Memoranda Reports And Surveys Curricula Newsletters Press Releases Forms Clippings

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