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Inside Philadelphia Freedom Schools

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Lessons in literacy - and in embracing cultural identity.

Bria Williams, lead coach at Freedom Schools Literacy Academy Harrity, reads Ada Twist Scientist by Andrea Beaty to students during Harambee circle.
Bria Williams, lead coach at Freedom Schools Literacy Academy Harrity, reads Ada Twist Scientist by Andrea Beaty to students during Harambee circle.Read moreALEJANDRO A. ALVAREZ / Staff Photographer

Formal Freedom Schools date back to the Civil Rights era. In Philadelphia, Freedom Schools Literacy Academy is a six-week summer program founded to improve Black students' literacy, affirm their cultural identity and diversity the teaching force.

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