MSMo 404 Sandra Adickes - Freedom Summer: Curriculum

An episode of the Mississippi Moments Podcast podcast, hosted by Center for Oral History & Cultural Heritage - Univ. Southern Miss, titled "MSMo 404 Sandra Adickes - Freedom Summer: Curriculum" was published on July 2, 2014 and runs 4 minutes.

July 2, 2014 ·4m · Mississippi Moments Podcast

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Episode Description

In July of 1964, Sandra Adickes came to Hattiesburg to teach in a “Freedom School” as part of a civil rights campaign known as Freedom Summer. The Freedom Schools were intended to help black children overcome the disparity of education in Mississippi’s segregated school system.

In this episode, Adickes remembers her arrival and a 4^th of July party sponsored by civil rights activist, Vernon Dahmer. She also describes a typical day in the Freedom School and how on the last day of Freedom School, the students decided to try and integrate the Hattiesburg Public Library.