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Log building housing the Freedom School established by the SCLC in Crawfordville, Georgia, in protest of the

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@ Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama

Langford, Dave

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When African American students attempted to integrate Crawfordville's all-white Alexander Stephens Institute, Taliaferro County officials closed it. In protest, many of the students refused to return to the all-black Murden School, instead attending the SCLC's Freedom School.
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1965 10 13
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Copyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History. Donated by the Alabama Media Group, http://www.alabamamediagroup.com
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Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama

Keywords

  1. Buildings
  2. Crawfordville (Ga.)
  3. Education
  4. Georgia
  5. Race Relations
  6. School Integration
  7. Schools
  8. Segregation

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