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... > social science subjects > education > educational systems > curriculum > curriculum studies > organizations, schools, and projects > freedom schools
... > social science subjects > sociology > sociology of education > education in society and culture > multiculturalism and special populations > African American education > precollegiate education > freedom schools
... > social science subjects > education > education studies > sociology of education > education in society and culture > multiculturalism and special populations > African American education > precollegiate education > freedom schools

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freedom schools  

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  • Freedom Schools were set up during the civil rights movement as a response to persistent racial injustices in education faced after the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954). The most significant creation of Freedom Schools occurred during Freedom Summer in 1964, when hundreds of northern activists collaborated with southern communities to run these schools in over 40 black towns and cities in Mississippi, educating more than 2,000 students. [Source: Multicultural America: A Multimedia Encyclopedia; Freedom Schools]

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