2:15 pm – 3:30 pm The Freedom School Way | 50th Anniversary March on Washington

50th Anniversary of the March on Washington

On August 27th hundreds of citizens attended the 2013 Conference on Civil Rights: Marching Forward By Looking Back. The following morning, on August 28, 2013, thousands of citizens, from across this country, converged upon our nation’s capital to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington.

This site provides opportunities for people to share remembrances of and pictures from both marches. Additionally, visitors to this site can get updates on a variety of ongoing civil rights initiatives intended to make Dr. King’s dream a reality.

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WORKSHOP | SAGAMORE HILL

SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION

In 1964 “freedom schools” were developed as part of the freedom summer civil rights project. The purpose of that effort was to educate and engage volunteers in a massive voter registration effort. At its height, over 3000 African American students attended freedom schools during the summer of 1964. Throughout the sixties the curriculum was student-centered and culturally relevant. Fortunately, fifty years later, freedom schools still exist throughout the United States. Today freedom schools are supported and sustained by the children’s defense fund. One of the most successful freedom schools is run by the north east area neighborhood development corporation (nead). Nead’s executive director, George Moses, will be joined by a number of “servant leaders” in this informative and inspiring workshop. When you leave this workshop you’ll be convinced that there’s only one way to move a community forward and that way is “the freedom school way”.