Freedom School Curriculum

This summer marks the 40th Anniversary of Freedom Summer, the massive voter registration effort that spawned the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and ultimately marked a major turning point in the Civil Rights Movement. The Freedom Schools were an important part of the effort to prepare African Americans to exercise their rights as citizens. Now, Education and Democracy has put the curriculum materials that were used 40 years ago online. Click on the image above to follow the link.

Also, be sure to check out the Robert Moses archive, which has a wealth of material on the historic and contemporary work of the architect of Freedom Summer.

From Jim Crow to Civil Rights

On Findlaw, Elaine Cassel reviews Michael J. Klarman's,From Jim Crow to Civil Rights: The Supreme Court and the Search for Equality. (Oxford Univ. Press 2004)