Mays--COFO Freedom Schools (James N. Mays papers, 1960-1967; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 404, Box 1, Folder 7)
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- 1962; 1964; 1966
- Description
This folder includes a syllabus for teaching Negro history; an ad for two plays, one from the Free Southern Theater and one about Medgar Evers; an appeal to Freedom School teachers to collect students' essays for possible publication; 1966 rules for getting child care workers paid in a more timely way; a form for teaching in Citizenship Schools; guidelines for Head Start agencies whose facilities are in churches; 1966 document on USDA's National School Lunch programs; a 1966 guide for parent education on nutrition; Head Start (?) school day schedules of activities; blank report card from Detroit, Michigan, school; a 1946 and 1949 teacher's guide to scheduling and planning from the Detroit, Michigan school system; Liz Fusco's 1964 report on Freedom Schools in Mississippi; a 1-page analysis of the Freedom Summer curriculum that likened conditions for blacks in the South to Nazi Germany; a copy of a Freedom School newsletter (The Freedom Echo, Mt. Nebo, Mississippi); and 1963 "Prospectus
- Creator
Mays, James N., 1928
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Subjects
- Poverty
Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.)
Agriculture
Medicine
African Americans
Whites
Free Southern Theater
Mississippi Freedom Schools
Head Start programs
Church buildings
History
Indians of North America
Choctaw Indians
Natchez Trace
Public welfare
Wages
Education
Unemployment
Mass media
Religion
Housing
American Civil Liberties Union
Medical Committee for Human Rights (U.S.)
Tougaloo College
Segregation
Leadership
Federal aid
Child Development Group of Mississippi
United States. Department of Agriculture
Voter registration
Migration, internal
Music
Mississippi Student Union
Students
Teachers
Germany
United States. Civil Rights Act of 1964
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Democratic National Convention (1964 : Atlantic City, N.J.)
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America
Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963
Fusco, Liz
Batt, William L. (William Loren), 1916-2004
Bullock, Joe
Johnson, W. E
Rivers, Dorris W
Fatheree, T. B
Smith, M. Ross
Smith, R. L
Leach, Guy
Mansell, A. B., Jr
Chapman, L. D
Harris, J. S., Jr
Wallace, L. D
Mansell, E. D
Rice, C. E
Sims, V. A
Sadow, Sue
Morris, Margaret
Chandler, Barbara
Martin, Gladys
Sandman, Ilse
White, Gladys
Wolgamot, Irene
Greer, Floria
Killeen, Carolyn M
Perkins, Sally
Beale, Helen
Cobb, Charlie
Chaffee, Lois
Moses, Dona Richards
Lynd, Staughton
Samstein, Mendy
Cayden, Casey
Day, Noel
Stembridge, Jane
Minnis, Jack
Cinque
Moses, Robert Parris
Tubman, Harriet, 1820?-1913
Hamer, Fannie Lou
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Forman, James, 1928-2005
Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
Griffin, Ida Ruth
Powell, Lillie Mae
Harris, Sandra
Brown, Joyce
Mannie, Verna
Smith, Everett
Thurman, Carolyn
Staffney, Margaret
Blalock, James
Culberson, Peggy
Cotton, Linda
Culberson, P. L
Burney, Doris
Griffith, Henry
Denson, Ronald
Johnson, John
Johnson, Percy
Wright, Richard, 1908-1960
Dane, Barbara
Goldberg, Phyllis
Cotton, MacArthur
Hildebrand, Greg
Jones, Frank
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
King, Edwin H
Henry, Aaron, 1922-1997
Johnson, Paul B., 1916-1985
Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998
Handley, H
Silver, James W. (James Wesley), 1907-1988
Ousley, Odille
Sillers, Walter, 1888-1966
Vardaman, James K. (James Kimble), 1894-1972
Bilbo, Theodore Gilmore, 1877-1947 - Location
- Mississippi; Michigan; New York; Massachusetts; Alabama
Madison County; Jackson; Clinton; Canton; Ridgeland; Flora; Yazoo City; Philadelphia; Greenwood; Sharon; Carthage; Camden; Farmhaven; Way; Holly Springs; Pike County; Indianola; Sunflower County; Harmony; Pilgrim’s Rest; Meridian; Detroit; Rochester; New York; Medford; Lowndes County - Format
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- Language
- English
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- Chicago citation style
- Mays, James N., 1928. Mays--COFO Freedom Schools (James N. Mays papers, 1960-1967; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 404, Box 1, Folder 7). 1962; 1964; 1966. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15932coll2/id/5149. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Mays, James N., 1928, (1962; 1964; 1966) Mays--COFO Freedom Schools (James N. Mays papers, 1960-1967; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 404, Box 1, Folder 7). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15932coll2/id/5149
- MLA citation style
- Mays, James N., 1928. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15932coll2/id/5149>.