Freedom Schools Interactive Workshop
July 18, 2007
9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Old Courthouse
St. Louis City
Adult Literacy Education has a long history in St. Louis…
Join us to learn more about the Freedom Schools – secret classes that were held in churches and basements and on steamboats in the Mississippi River during the 1800’s before the Civil War.
During this time, a state law restricted the freedom of African Americans by making it illegal for anyone to teach African American people to read and write. Despite this law, people taught and learned within these Freedom Schools.
There is no cost for this workshop but space is limited.
Participants MUST Register.
To register or for more information, call Maggie by July 13th at:
(800) 729-4443 ext. 207.
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