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Cobb, Charlie. Memorandum, January 14, 1964 re: Summer Freedom Schools in Mississippi Memorandum January 14, 1964 To: SNCC Executive Committe, COFO Summer Program Committee From: Charles Cobb Re: Summer Freedom Schools in Mississippi It is—I think--just about universally recognized that Mississippi education, for felack and white» is grossly inadequate in comparison with education around the country Negro education in Mississippi is the most inadequate and inferior in the state- Mississippi's impoverished educational system is also burdened with virtually a complete absence of academic freedom, and students forced to live in ar environment that is geared to squash intellectual curiosity -<nd different thinkingo University of Mississippi Professor James Silver, in a recent speech, talked of "social paralysis.„».where non-conformity is forbidden, where the white man is not free, where he does not dare express a deviating opinion without looking over his shoulder^' This "social paralysis" is not limited to the white community, however.-' There are Negro students who have been thrown out of classes for asking about voting, or the freedom ridesr' Negro teachers have been fired for saying the wrong thing,-' The state of Mississippi destroys "smart niggers," and its classrooms remain intellectual wastelands. In our work we hsive several concerns oriented around Mississippi Negro students: lo The need to get into the schools around the state and organize t.ie students, with the possibility of a state-wide coordinated student Movement developing. 2. A student force to work with us in our efforts around the 3t The responsibility to fill an intellectual and creative vacuum in the lives of young Negro Mississippiaiis, and to get them to articulate their own desires, demands, and questions- More students need to stand up In classrooms around the state and ask their teachers a real question,, As the summer program for Mississippi now shapes us, it seems as if hundreds of students from some of the best universities and colleges in the North will be coming to Mississippi to lend themselves to the movement/ These are some of the best youn^ minds in the countrys and their academic value ought to be recognized and taken advantage of, I would like to propose a summer school during the months of July and August for 100 to 200"tenth and eleventh grade high school students, in order to: 1. Supplement what they are not learning in tevgh school around the state. 2. Give them a broad intellectual and academic experience during the summer to bring back to fellow students in classrooms around the state. 3/ Form the basis for state-wide student action such as a school boycott. These students would be recruited from various projects now existing around the state. Possibly, in late spring, one staff
Object Description
Title | Bowie--Freedom Schools, 1964, Jan. 14 - Dec. 2 (Harry J. Bowie papers, 1964-1967; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 31, Box 1, Folder 4) |
Author/Creator | Bowie, Harry |
Folder Description | Starting with Charlie Cobb's January 1964 proposal for freedom schools (originally conceived as a 2-month boarding school project for 10th and 11th-graders), this folder continues with freedom school teacher Ira Landess's first and last reports from the new freedom schools. The "Declaration of Independence" and other essays and newspapers by freedom school students are also included. A September 1964 list of COFO freedom centers and their managers, a letter from Dennis Sweeney arranging a field trip to New York City for his students, "Freedom School Data" "Profile of Typical Freedom Schools" and "Resources for Discussion of the Poor in America" are other items in this folder. |
State | Mississippi; New York |
Place | McComb; Hattiesburg; Meridian; Holly Springs; Ruleville; Greenville; West Point; Waveland; Holmes County; Natchez; Pascagoula; Columbus; Greenwood; Mound Bayou; Clarksdale; Jackson; Vicksburg; Carthage; Canton; Biloxi; Gulfport; Laurel; Baertown; Whitestown; Burgland; Benton County; Michigan City; Carthage; Shaw; Leake County; New York |
Subject | Mississippi Freedom Schools; voter registration; Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; teachers; sex; Mississippi Freedom Schools; Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.); poverty; labor unions; labor unions; education; Black history; Africa; migration, internal; segregation; leadership; police; lawyers; agriculture; wages; murder; Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.); Tougaloo College; Free Southern Theater; music; Freedom Singers; community centers; Mississippi State Penitentiary; United States. Department of Justice; Freedom Day; libraries; Rust College; unemployment; eviction; food drives; clothing and dress; United States. Civil Rights Act of 1964; discrimination in employment; federal aid; War on Poverty |
Personal Name | Cobb, Charles E., Jr.; Landess, Ira; Sweeney, Dennis; Peterson, Brian; Silver, James W. (James Wesley), 1907-1988; Aptheker, Herbert; Turner, Nat, 1800?-1831; Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967; Garvey, Marcus, 1887-1940; Tubman, Harriet, 1820?-1913; Hayes, Curtis; Eubanks, Thelma; Samstein, Mendy; Bennett, Lerone; Wright, Richard, 1908-1960; Smith, Lillian; Felder, Clinic Lee; Harding, Vincent; Evans, Albert J.; Attucks, Crispus, -1770; White, Shirley; Walton, Janice; Maurer, Joe; Galloway, Warren; Pate, Karen; Merrill, Marjorie; Clemson, Barry; McAuliff, John; Gallatly, Mary Sue; Wright, Martha; Duncan, Karen; Quinn, Kate; Quinby, Linda; Woog, Sylvia; Leekley, Brian; Miller, Richard; Dahl, Kathleen; Stevens, Larry; Winter, George; Burnham, Margaret; Simmons, Gwendolyn Zoharah; Gross, Carole; Weinberger, Elaine; Larsen, Mary Grace; Jamot, Janet; Featherstone, Ralph; Davis, Linda; Dunlap, Bryan; Brown, Joyce; Wilkins, John; King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968; De Sousa, Ronald; Reaves, Henry; Harris, Mary Frances; Richard, Shirley J.; Matthews, Chyleen; Richard, Archie B.; Richard, Dorothy Jean; Matthews, Willie Thomas; Minor, Luther; Rooks, Walter; Winston, Gloria Joan; Schwerner, Michael Henry, 1939-1964; Goodman, Andrew, 1943-1964; Chaney, James Earl, 1943-1964; Judge, Alice Ann; Stinson, Anna Lee; Rooks, James; Price, Larry; Mitchell, Arelya J.; Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963; Brettle, Gussie; Moore, Ira; Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963; Lucas, Dorothy Louise; Tidwell, Bonnie; Echols, Edna Mary; Farrow, Mavis J.; Lynd, Staughton; Belafonte, Harry, 1927- ; Bikel, Theodore; Davis, Ossie; Dee, Ruby; Baldwin, James W. (James Wesley), 1907-1988; Kirstein, Lincoln; Derby, Doris Adelaide; Moses, Gilbert; O’Neal, John, 1940- ; Hutchinson, William; Seeger, Pete, 1919- ; Turner, Gil; Cohen, Bob; Moses, Robert Parris; Johnson, Paul B., 1916-1985; Barnett, Ross R. (Ross Robert), 1898-1987; Meredith, James, 1933- ; Kennard, Clyde; Frazier, John; Lynd, Theron C.; Bender, Rita L.; Henry, Aaron, 1922-1997; Eastland, James Oliver, 1904-1986; Till, Emmett, 1941-1955; Hamer, Fannie Lou |
Event Date | 1964 |
Year | 1964 |
Language | English |
Source | Harry J. Bowie papers, 1964-1967; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 31, Box 1, Folder 4; WIHVB4585-A |
Format | correspondence; reports and surveys; periodicals; newsletters |
Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Publication Date-Electronic | 2012 |
Rights | Copyright to these documents belongs to the individuals who created them or the organizations for which they worked. The principal organizations have been defunct for many years and copyright to their unpublished records is uncertain. We share them here strictly for non-profit educational purposes. We have attempted to contact individuals who created personal papers of significant length or importance. Nearly all have generously permitted us to include their work. If you believe that you possess copyright to material included here, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. Under the fair use provisions of the U.S. copyright law, teachers and students are free to reproduce any document for nonprofit classroom use. Commercial use of copyright-protected material is generally prohibited. |
Digital Format | XML |
Digital Identifier | FSBowieB1F4000 |
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Title | p. 1 |
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Cobb, Charlie. Memorandum, January 14, 1964 re: Summer Freedom Schools in Mississippi
Memorandum January 14, 1964
To: SNCC Executive Committe, COFO Summer Program Committee
From: Charles Cobb
Re: Summer Freedom Schools in Mississippi
It is—I think--just about universally recognized that Mississippi
education, for felack and white» is grossly inadequate in comparison
with education around the country Negro education in Mississippi
is the most inadequate and inferior in the state- Mississippi's
impoverished educational system is also burdened with virtually
a complete absence of academic freedom, and students forced to
live in ar environment that is geared to squash intellectual
curiosity - |
Language | English |
Source | Harry J. Bowie papers, 1964-1967; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 31, Box 1, Folder 4; |
Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Publication Date-Electronic | 2012 |
Rights | Copyright to these documents belongs to the individuals who created them or the organizations for which they worked. The principal organizations have been defunct for many years and copyright to their unpublished records is uncertain. We share them here strictly for non-profit educational purposes. We have attempted to contact individuals who created personal papers of significant length or importance. Nearly all have generously permitted us to include their work. If you believe that you possess copyright to material included here, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. Under the fair use provisions of the U.S. copyright law, teachers and students are free to reproduce any document for nonprofit classroom use. Commercial use of copyright-protected material is generally prohibited. |
Digital Format | JPEG2000 |
Digital Identifier | FSBowieB1F4001 |