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Young girl at the Liberation School, standing in front of a poster honoring Martin Luther King: 'We are black and beautiful. Dr. Martin Luther King tried to help us real nicely...'

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From a series of photographs labeled "Liberation School photo essay -- Black is beautiful." The Liberation School was set up as an alternative to white-dominated schools in Boston in the fall 1968. Simmering disputes between teachers (with African American community members) over the curriculum and governance led a group of six teachers from the Gibson School in Roxbury walking out with their students.
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Copyright is held by Peter Simon. Requests to publish, redistribute, or replicate this material should be addressed to Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries.Contact host institution for more information.
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