To Write in the Light of Freedom by William Sturkey & Jon N. Hale

Author:William Sturkey & Jon N. Hale [Sturkey, William & Hale, Jon N.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: 2015-04-04T23:00:00+00:00

The Freedom News (Holly Springs, MS)

Published during the first full week of Freedom School classes, The Freedom News from Holly Springs was one of the first Freedom School newspapers produced during Freedom Summer. The vibrant Holly Springs Freedom School met in two small houses located just across the campus of Rust College, one of the nation’s oldest historically black institutions of higher learning and the alma mater of black journalism pioneer Ida B. Wells. Some of the teachers were housed in the Rust dorms. When Holly Springs Freedom School classes ended at 4 p.m. on weekday afternoons, local organizers hosted adult literacy classes, allowing people of all ages to attend the Holly Springs Freedom School.

Reports out of Holly Springs indicated a powerful Freedom School experience for both students and teachers. One of the Holly Springs teachers wrote that “[t]he atmosphere in class is unbelievable. It is what every teacher dreams about—real, honest enthusiasm and the desire to learn anything and everything.”80 One of the regular students was a twenty-five-year-old wife and mother who often stayed after classes to practice writing extra essays, passionately striving to improve her literacy and grammar while making an immense impression on her teachers. Many of the younger Freedom School students were just as impressive and particularly inspired their teachers by writing and performing a play based on the life of Mississippi civil rights activist Medgar Evers.

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