Full Menu

Freedom Schools 1964 – 50th anniversary

UFT members Mark Levy and Donna Garde were among the volunteers who took a stand against racism and segregation by teaching in Freedom Schools in Mississippi in 1964. The photos in this gallery are from the Mark Levy Collection of the Civil Rights Archive at Queens College/CUNY Libraries

Patricia Thompson was a student at the Meridian Freedom School in Mississippi. Photo by Donna Garde.

Mark Levy Collection
Betty Bollinger Levy teaches in the Meridian Freedom School classroom.
Mark Levy Collection
Freedom School volunteers (from left) Ronnie DeSouza, Betty Bollinger Levy and her husband Mark Levy attend orientation in Oxford, Ohio in June 1964.
Mark Levy Collection
A class in folk dancing at the Meridian Freedom School.
Mark Levy Collection

Mark Levy (far right) and Betty Bollinger Levy (far left, middle row) outside the Meridian Freedom School in July 1964. Youth activist Roscoe Jones is in the center.

Mark Levy Collection
A. Philip Randolph, the legendary labor leader who organized the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, addressed the Freedom School volunteers in Meridian in 1964.
Mark Levy Collection
Mrs. Polly Heidelberg, a Meridian resident, organized housing and food for the volunteers.
Mark Levy Collection
Bob Moses, a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, led the Freedom School orientation in Oxford, Ohio in June 1964.
Mark Levy Collection

As Freedom Summer drew to a close, Betty Bollinger Levy (far left) and Donna Garde (far right) attended a meeting with volunteers and students.

Mark Levy Collection
A student was captured in a pensive moment by UFT member and Freedom Schools volunteer Donna Garde.
Mark Levy Collection
Previous
Next

Patricia Thompson was a student at the Meridian Freedom School in Mississippi. Photo by Donna Garde.

Mark Levy Collection
Betty Bollinger Levy teaches in the Meridian Freedom School classroom.
Mark Levy Collection
Freedom School volunteers (from left) Ronnie DeSouza, Betty Bollinger Levy and her husband Mark Levy attend orientation in Oxford, Ohio in June 1964.
Mark Levy Collection
A class in folk dancing at the Meridian Freedom School.
Mark Levy Collection

Mark Levy (far right) and Betty Bollinger Levy (far left, middle row) outside the Meridian Freedom School in July 1964. Youth activist Roscoe Jones is in the center.

Mark Levy Collection
A. Philip Randolph, the legendary labor leader who organized the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, addressed the Freedom School volunteers in Meridian in 1964.
Mark Levy Collection
Mrs. Polly Heidelberg, a Meridian resident, organized housing and food for the volunteers.
Mark Levy Collection
Bob Moses, a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, led the Freedom School orientation in Oxford, Ohio in June 1964.
Mark Levy Collection

As Freedom Summer drew to a close, Betty Bollinger Levy (far left) and Donna Garde (far right) attended a meeting with volunteers and students.

Mark Levy Collection
A student was captured in a pensive moment by UFT member and Freedom Schools volunteer Donna Garde.
Mark Levy Collection
Close