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Freedom School Class

Date: 1964
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 ...
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Myles Horton

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Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Myles Horton.
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Vera McCampbell Testifying

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Description: Vera McCampbell, former teacher in Grundy County, who came to the mountains with May Justus before Highlander Folk School was started in 1932, testifying d...
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Myra Page

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Description: Portrait of Myra Page, an author and Antioch coop student, who was both a student and later a teacher at Highlander Folk School.
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Freedom School

Date: 1964
Description: Students at Freedom School meet outdoors for class during Freedom Summer.
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Freedom School Teacher and Students

Date: 1964
Description: Sandra Adickes (right), Freedom Summer volunteer teacher at Palmer's Crossing Freedom School. Students (left) are Rita Mae Crawford and Jimella Stokes.
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Freedom School Lessons

Date: 1964
Description: A white male Freedom Summer volunteer teaches African-American students in a Freedom School in Priest Creek Baptist Church.
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Bob Moses Speaking

Date: 08 08 1964
Description: Bob (Robert) Moses speaking at the Freedom School Convention during Freedom Summer.
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Freedom School Convention

Date: 08 08 1964
Description: Teachers at the Freedom School convention during Freedom Summer. The woman in the center is Liz Fusco, one of the coordinators of the Freedom School projec...
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Women Singing, Freedom School Convention

Date: 08 08 1964
Description: Two women clap and sing at the Freedom School Convention during the Freedom Summer civil rights project. Behind them is a mural, and a banner that says "St...
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Group Sing, Freedom School Convention

Date: 08 08 1964
Description: A group claps and sings at the Freedom School Convention during the Freedom Summer civil rights project.

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