More than Mrs. Robinson: citizenship schools in Lowcountry South Carolina and Savannah, Georgia, 1957-1970

The first “citizenship school” (a literacy class that taught adults to read and write in order that they could register to vote) was established by Highlander Folk School of Monteagle, Tennessee on Johns Island, South Carolina in 1957. Within three years, the schools were extended across the neighb...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Russell, Clare
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2010
Online Access:http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/11865/
http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/11865/2/Russell_phd_11.pdf