Citizenship Education Program

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The Citizenship Education Program was a grassroots civil rights initiative that trained African Americans in the South in literacy, civic participation, and nonviolent activism to empower them to exercise their rights and challenge segregation.

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Label Occurrences
Citizenship Education Program canonical 2
Citizenship schools 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf adult literacy program ⓘ
civil rights education program ⓘ
grassroots organizing initiative ⓘ
nonviolent activism training program ⓘ
voter education program ⓘ
aimsTo build local leadership in Black communities ⓘ
develop political consciousness among participants ⓘ
increase voter registration among African Americans ⓘ
prepare participants to challenge segregation ⓘ
support nonviolent civil disobedience ⓘ
contributesTo development of local civil rights leadership ⓘ
expansion of African American political participation ⓘ
strengthening of grassroots civil rights organizing ⓘ
focusesOn civic education ⓘ
community organizing ⓘ
literacy training ⓘ
nonviolent protest techniques ⓘ
voter registration ⓘ
hasMethod citizenship schools ⓘ
grassroots education ⓘ
nonviolent training ⓘ
peer teaching ⓘ
small-group workshops ⓘ
hasPurpose to challenge racial segregation and disenfranchisement ⓘ
to empower African Americans in the U.S. South to exercise their civil and political rights ⓘ
to promote civic participation among African Americans ⓘ
to promote literacy among African American adults ⓘ
to train participants in nonviolent direct action ⓘ
historicalContext Jim Crow segregation era ⓘ
linked to: Jim Crow laws

mid-20th-century United States ⓘ
operatesIn American South ⓘ
Southern United States ⓘ
opposes Black voter disenfranchisement ⓘ
racial discrimination in public life ⓘ
racial segregation ⓘ
relatedTo American civil rights movement ⓘ
struggle against Jim Crow laws ⓘ
voting rights movement ⓘ
serves African Americans ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans

Black communities in the U.S. South ⓘ
teaches how to engage with local government ⓘ
how to pass literacy tests used for voter registration ⓘ
reading skills ⓘ
rights and responsibilities of citizenship ⓘ
strategies for nonviolent resistance ⓘ
writing skills ⓘ
usesApproach community-based organizing ⓘ
education as a tool for social change ⓘ
nonviolent philosophy of protest ⓘ

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Dorothy Cotton → notableWork → Citizenship Education Program ⓘ
Septima Clark → notableWork → Citizenship schools ⓘ
linked to: Citizenship Education Program