freedom school

noun

An alternative school for black students in places where they were denied access to adequate public school.

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Meanings

nounfreedom school (countable and uncountable, plural freedom schools)

plural freedom schools

  1. UScountablehistoricaluncountableAn alternative school for black students in places where they were denied access to adequate public school.

    When I became a teacher, I used Blues For Mr. Charlie in freedom school in Mississippi, and Go Tell it On the Mountain with my first high school class.

    1980 February 9, Andrea Loewenstein, “James Baldwin and His Critics”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 28, page 10
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APA

freedom school. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/freedom%20school

MLA

“freedom school.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/freedom%20school. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “freedom school,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/freedom%20school.

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