Freedom School Class | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Freedom School Class

Freedom School Class | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society
A group of African American students participating in a Freedom School class outdoors during Freedom Summer. The class, which was held on Tougaloo College campus, was led by Joanne Gavin, who is standing behind the students. Seated on the far left is Hymethia Washington, who is holding a book. Charles, who is wearing a baseball cap, is sitting next to Hymethia.

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DESCRIPTION
A group of African American students participating in a Freedom School class outdoors during Freedom Summer. The class, which was held on Tougaloo College campus, was led by Joanne Gavin, who is standing behind the students. Seated on the far left is Hymethia Washington, who is holding a book. Charles, who is wearing a baseball cap, is sitting next to Hymethia.
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:1854
Creation Date: 1964
Creator Name:Lynd, Staughton
City:
County:
State:Mississippi
Collection Name:Staughton and Alice Lynd papers, 1938-2015
Genre:Photograph
Original Format Type:photographic print, b&w
Original Format Number:PH Mss 395
Original Dimensions:8 x 10 inches
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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This image is part of the Staughton Lynd Collection which includes papers and photographs from the leftist historian and labor lawyer who was prominent in both the civil rights and the anti-war movements. The majority of the papers cover the mid-1960's to the early 1970's, with the emphasis on the varied social movements and radical activities with which he was affiliated rather than on Lynd himself. Articles and writings, correspondence, and clippings and other printed matter refer to campus protests of the 1960's; civil rights; the Vietnam War; tax reform; the Kennedy assassination; Jobs or Income Now (JOIN), a group which sought to organize the poor in Chicago; union organizing, especially among public employees in the Chicago and Gary, Indiana, area; the Mass Party Organizing Committee, a group which attempted to formulate a mass, Leninist, working-class party; and the New American Movement, a group which sought to build a mass-based democratic socialist movement in the United States.

SUBJECTS
Race relations
Trees
Clothing and dress
Hats
Outdoor furniture
Students
Teachers
Education
African Americans
Children
Outdoor photography
Women
Civil rights
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