Selects: What were the Freedom Schools?

# Freedom Schools: Education as Civil Rights Activism

In the summer of 1964, during one of the most dangerous periods of the Civil Rights Movement, hundreds of college volunteers headed to Mississippi to establish 41 freedom schools that would teach Black students far more than traditional education—they'd learn their true history, their self-worth, and how to become agents of change. Josh and Chuck explore how these schools operated under trees and in burned-out church basements, defying violent opposition while creating a curriculum centered on understanding the power structures that oppressed them, and how students went from having no voice to forming their own political platform for the Democratic National Convention. It's a remarkable story of grassroots education as an act of resistance during America's most pivotal civil rights moment.