Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Spring 2008
Keywords
Freedom Schools, Poetry, Curriculum, Race
Abstract
Freedom Schools, which operated during 1964 after the collaborative efforts of several Civil Rights organizations, provided an opportunity to understand how students can drive the curriculum to meet individual and collective needs within a community. The presence and use of poetry throughout the Freedom Schools was mysterious, given that it is virtually absent in the curriculum guide, memos, and documents prepared by the administrative staff members and teachers. Students’ poetry not only revealed the intersections and layers of lived experience, society, and culture, but also their agency in the context of an anti-oppressive education project.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
No
Citation / Publisher Attribution
The Journal of Negro Education, v. 77, issue 2, p. 168-179
Scholar Commons Citation
Agosto, Vonzell, "Intratexturealities: The Poetics of the Freedom Schools" (2008). Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Faculty Publications. 8.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/els_facpub/8
