During the 2017 Teacher Summer Institute at Tougaloo College on the Black Freedom Struggle, participants learned about people and events in the era of the Civil Rights Movement that are hidden from history in the communities where they teach. To honor and give visibility to these people and events, teachers composed “Write That I” poems. …
Write That I: Mississippi History Poems
During the 2017 Teacher Summer Institute at Tougaloo College on the Black Freedom Struggle, participants learned about people and events in the era of the Civil Rights Movement that are hidden from history in the communities where they teach. To honor and give visibility to these people and events, teachers composed “Write That I” poems. …
Mississippi 2017 Summer Institute on the Black Freedom Struggle
Tougaloo College will host a one week working institute for up to fifteen Mississippi teachers to develop lessons and other teaching resources on the Black Freedom Struggle, drawing on the new SNCC Digital Gateway and the CRMvet.org online archives. The institute will be from July 10-14, 2017. Teacher participants will learn from and collaborate with …