2008 SF FREEDOM SCHOOL PROGRAM

updated 7/28/08

Walk Ins Welcome!!!

Saturdays: 10 Am – 4PM St. Francis Lutheran Church, 152 CHURCH Street, SF
9:45: continental breakfast (free)
Mornings: the history
Pot Luck Lunch: hanging out
Afternoons: Discussions or Activities about the morning's history relating to:
nonviolent direct action; local leadership; analysis of power structures; the ARTS;
the importance of infrastructure; building coalitions; and dealing with the contradictions within movements.
Guest Speakers: members of the Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement
and current day activists
Media Resources: Film and Book library, plus weekly supplemental readings

Wednesdays: 6-8 PM --(July at Cafe International; August at Modern Times Book Store)
SFFS staff leading discussion on relevant applications to today of the history learned during the previous Saturday. Attendance at previous Saturday not required.

Saturday Schedule

JULY 12 — Setting the Stage
Building the relationships, coalitions and infrastructure
upon which the Southern Freedom Movement would depend: 1877-1954
Documentary Film excerpts: Miles of Smiles, Years of Struggle
Guest Speaker: Jean Wiley (partial transcript of her presentation--we ran out of tape without knowing!! bummer.)
Afternoon activity: civil rights jeopardy!!

JULY 19 — The Montgomery Bus Boycott
The emergence of Martin Luther King, Jr.
and the creation of the Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC): 1955-57
Feature Film excerpts: Boycott
Performance by Awele Makeba (power point of pictures she used)

JULY 26 — Sit-Ins and the Freedom Riders
The importance of nonviolent direct action
and the creation of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC): 1960-61
Documentary Film: A Force More Powerful (Nashville: We Were Warriors)
guest speaker: Bruce Hartford

AUGUST 2 — The Struggle over Strategy and Tactics
Mississippi and Alabama: 1960-66
Film excerpts: Freedom Song (feature film) and Freedom on My Mind (documentary)
AUGUST 9 — From Civil Rights to Black Power
From Selma to Memphis and from Harlem to Oakland: 1962-68
Documentary Film excerpts: Malcolm X: Make it plain;
All Power to the People: The black panther party and beyond
AUGUST 16 — Did The Movement End?
What was accomplished, what continued, and what still needs to be done?
Documentary Film excerpts: Fundi: The Story of Ella Baker
Afternoon ÒFishbowlÓ with current activist leaders