Providing high-quality, progressive education that addressed issues of social justice, the schools prepared African American students to fight for freedom on all fronts.įorming a political network, the Freedom Schools taught students how, when, and where to engage politically, shaping activists who trained others to challenge inequality. Hale demonstrates, had a crucial role in the civil rights movement and a major impact on the development of progressive education throughout the nation.ĭesigned and run by African American and white educators and activists, the Freedom Schools counteracted segregationist policies that inhibited opportunities for black youth. Created in 1964 as part of the Mississippi Freedom Summer, the Mississippi Freedom Schools were launched by educators and activists to provide an alternative education for African American students that would facilitate student activism and participatory democracy.
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