By Quintessa Williams

Originally Published: October, 2nd 2024

In 2022, when Southern red states followed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s restrictions on teaching Black history in classrooms, Black communities in the Sunshine State and beyond found a solution by bringing back Freedom Schools.

The resurgence of Freedom Schools is a powerful countermeasure to the growing trend of Black history censorship in public education. These schools are not just filling gaps—they are actively pushing back against the erasure of Black narratives in American history.

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