""I've always known that I wanted to do a Freedom School, even when I was president of [the] Brooklyn NAACP. Getting the resources and everything in order to execute it, and so now being elevated to state leadership, it is part of my overall plan ... this 10-year plan that I put together for the NAACP here in New York.""
""The intent is for the classes to help young people critically examine their racial identity and social issues in the community.""
""The New York Freedom Schools are modeled after ones created during the Civil Rights Movement's 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer, when the Council of Federated Organizations established Freedom Schools that taught Black history, constitutional rights, and literacy in the segregated South.""
The NAACP New York State Conference will launch a modern Freedom School at Medgar Evers College on April 18, 2026. The program is free for students from elementary to college levels, with incentives for high school students and parents. Classes will emphasize African and African American history and civic leadership, aiming to help students critically examine their racial identity. This initiative is inspired by the Freedom Schools established during the Civil Rights Movement and aims to build Black civic infrastructure in New York.
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