FREEDOM SCHOOL CURRICULUM MISSISSIPPI FREEDOM SUMMER, 1964 Edited and Introduced by Kathy Emery, Sylvia Braselmann, and Linda Gold SOURCES Preface, Introduction, and Question and Activities are by Kathy Emery, Sylvia Braselmann and Linda Gold. Copyright 2004 All photos are copyright Herbert Randall, and are used with kind permission of Herbert Randall. The photos were provided by the McCain Library and Archives, University of Southern Mississippi (http://www.lib.usm.edu/~spcol/crda/). Most the documents used are from SNCC Papers. The original SNCC papers are at the King Library and Archives, The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Atlanta, GA. We have used the Microfilm Edition: SNCC, The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Papers, 1959-1972 (Sanford, NC: Microfilming Corporation of America, 1982) We are citing the reel, file and first inclusive page number in the table below. Some documents are from the Iris Greenberg Collection: Iris Greenberg / Freedom Summer Collection, 1963-1964 Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library; Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations Some case studies are papers written for SDS (Students for a Democratic Society) The original SDS records are at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. We have use the Microfilm Edition: Papers, 1958-1970 / Students for a Democratic Society (U.S.) (Glen Rock, N.J.: Microfilming Corp. of America, 1978.) We are citing the reel and file in the table below. The article “The Freedom Schools; Concept and Organization” by Staughton Lynd was published in Freedomways, Second Quarter 1965, p302-309; and is reprinted with permission of the author. The open letter to the President, “Triple Revolution” was published in Liberation, April 1964, p 9-15. Two scenes from In White America by Martin Duberman; Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1964. (First Scene: The Klan, p43-52; Second Scene: Little Rock, p 64-69.) Reprinted with permission of the author. The article “Rifle Squads or the Beloved Community” by A. J. Muste was published in Liberation, May 1964, p 7-12. The case study “Behind the Cotton Curtain” is from the Ellin papers in the Digital Archives of the McCain Library and Archives, University of Southern Mississippi (http://anna.lib.usm.edu/uhtbin/cgisirsi/zUw9Mc1vK7/163340015/503/612) Prospectus for the Mississippi Freedom Summer SNCC; 39, 190, 1039 COFO Flyer: Freedom Summer Iris Greenberg Collection COFO Flyer: MFDP Iris Greenberg Collection COFO Flyer: Freedom Registration Iris Greenberg Collection Prospectus for a Summer Freedom School Program SNCC; 39, 165, 75 Curriculum Conference Subgroup Report SNCC; 67, 340, 1000 Outline for Case Studies SNCC; 67, 340, 999 Memo to Freedom School Teachers SNCC; 67, 340, 1183 Overview of the Freedom Schools SNCC; 67, 340, 864 Notes on Teaching in Mississippi SNCC; 67, 340, 1178 Non-Material Teaching Suggestions (excerpt) Iris Greenberg Collection Profiles of Typical Freedom Schools SNCC; 68, 364, 552 Mississippi Freedom Schools: New Houses of Liberty SNCC; 68, 342, 93 Freedom School Data SNCC; 67, 321, 2007 A Report, mainly on Ruleville SNCC; 68, 367, 582 Mississippi Freedom Schools, 1964 SNCC; 68,346,224 Student Work: What the Summer Project has meant Iris Greenberg Collection Student Work: Palmers’ Crossing Freedom News SNCC; 39, 166, 0129 Student Work: Freedom Carrier SNCC; 39, 166, 0127 Student Work: Freedom Star SNCC; 67, 345, 1287 Platform of the Freedom School Convention SNCC; 68, 346, 255 TOC and A Note to the Teacher Iris Greenberg Collection Academic Curriculum: Reading and Writing Skills SNCC; 67, 340, 1002 Mathematics (Excerpt) SNCC; 39, 165, 122 Science SNCC; 67, 340, 761 Citizenship Curriculum Unit I - VI SNCC; 67, 340, 830 Citizenship Curriculum Unit VII, part 1 SNCC; 67, 340, 902 Citizenship Curriculum Unit VII, part 2 SNCC; 67, 328, 346 Statistics on Education, Housing, Income, etc. Iris Greenberg Collection The South as an Underdeveloped Country SDS; 36, 4B:46 The Poor in America SNCC; 67, 340, 815 Chester, PA.—Community Organization in the Other America SDS; 39, 4B:392 Guide to Negro History SNCC; 67, 340 History addendum I SNCC; 67, 337, 641 History addendum II SNCC; 39, 166; 140 Negro History Study Questions SNCC; 67, 340, 1081 Development of Negro Power since 1900 SNCC; 67, 340, 830 Mississippi Power Structure SNCC; 67, 339, 746 Power of the Dixiecrats SDS; 37, 4B:158 Nazi Germany SNCC; 67, 340, 1052 Hazard, KY SNCC; 68, 382, 824 Statements of Discipline of Nonviolent Movements SNCC; 67, 340, 797 Readings in Nonviolence Iris Greenberg Collection Nonviolence in American History SNCC; 67, 340, 365 Voter Registration Laws in Mississippi SNCC; 67, 340, 783 Civil Rights Bill SNCC; 67, 340, 788 Teaching Mat. Unit VII: Campaign Lit. on Mrs. Hamer SNCC; 67, 340, 1187 Teaching Mat. Unit VII: Candidate biography SNCC; 67, 336, 0906 Teaching Mat. Unit VII: Regular Voter Registration Form SNCC; 39, 165, 0087 Teaching Mat. Unit VII: MFDP Voter Registration Form SNCC; 67, 340, 1146 Teaching Mat. Unit VII: Sample Sections MS Constitution SNCC; 67, 340, TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE: EDITORS’ COMMENTS............................................................................................ 1 INTRODUCTION: FREEDOM SUMMER AND THE FREEDOM SCHOOLS ........................ 5 TEACHING MATERIAL: QUESTIONS AND ACTIVITIES ................................................... 25 SUPPLEMENTARY DOCUMENTS.............................................................................................. 35 PROSPECTIUS FOR THE MISSISSIPPI FREEDOM SUMMER............................................. 35 PROSPECTUS FOR A .................................................................................................................. 40 SUMMER FREEDOM SCHOOL PROGRAM IN MISSISSIPPI............................................... 40 CURRICULUM CONFERENCE SUBGROUP REPORT .......................................................... 44 OUTLINE FOR CASE STUDIES................................................................................................. 48 MEMORANDUM TO FREEDOM SCHOOL TEACHERS ....................................................... 50 OVERVIEW OF THE FREEDOM SCHOOLS—II..................................................................... 52 NOTES ON TEACHING IN MISSISSIPPI.................................................................................. 53 NON-MATERIAL TEACHING SUGGESTIONS....................................................................... 59 PROFILES OF TYPICAL FREEDOM SCHOOLS ..................................................................... 63 FREEDOM SCHOOL DATA ....................................................................................................... 71 A REPORT, MAINLY ON RULEVILLE FREEDOM SCHOOL .............................................. 76 FREEDOM SCHOOLS IN MISSISSIPPI, 1964 .......................................................................... 90 THE FREEDOM SCHOOLS......................................................................................................... 99 1964 PLATFORM OF THE MISSISSIPPI FREEDOM SCHOOL CONVENTION...............104 FREEDOM SCHOOL CURRICULUM.......................................................................................109 TABLE OF CONTENTS AND A NOTE TO THE TEACHER................................................109 PART I: ACADEMIC CURRICULUM: READING AND WRITING.....................................111 PART I: ACADEMIC CURRICULUM: MATHEMATICS......................................................115 PART I: ACADEMIC CURRICULUM: SCIENCE ..................................................................116 PART II: CITIZENSHIP CURRICULUM, UNIT I - VI ...........................................................118 PART II: CITIZENSHIP CURRICULUM, UNIT VII—THE MOVEMENT..........................136 CASE STUDIES...............................................................................................................................167 STATISTICS ON EDUCATION, HOUSING, INCOME AND EMPLOYMENT, AND HEALTH................................................................................................................................167 THE SOUTH AS AN UNDERDEVELOPED COUNTRY.......................................................174 THE POOR IN AMERICA..........................................................................................................181 THE TRIPLE REVOLUTION.....................................................................................................192 CHESTER, PA.—COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION IN THE OTHER AMERICA..............203 GUIDE TO NEGRO HISTORY..................................................................................................212 NEGRO HISTORY ADDENDUM I...........................................................................................226 NEGRO HISTORY ADDENDUM II .........................................................................................232 NEGRO HISTORY STUDY QUESTIONS................................................................................235 THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEGRO POWER IN AMERICAN POLITICS SINCE 1900......238 IN WHITE AMERICA ................................................................................................................246 THE MISSISSIPPI POWER STRUCTURE...............................................................................256 THE POWER OF THE DIXIECRATS.......................................................................................265 NAZI