In 1964, civil rights groups like SNCC and CORE launched Freedom Summer, creating Freedom Schools—alternative education spaces that taught Black history, civics, and critical thinking.

Now, 61 years later, Higher Ground Society is answering that call again. Amid threats to voting rights, bodily autonomy, LGBTQ+ safety, and immigrant communities, our need for civic education and collective memory has re-emerged.

Starting this August, HGS will host three FREE Saturday educational workshops exploring overlooked people, places, and philosophies that shaped the Civil Rights Movement. Led by some of Alabama’s brightest scholars, these sessions will connect past and present struggles—centering community, education, and self-determination.

Upcoming Freedom School Sessions:

Registration for future Freedom School sessions will be available a month before each Freedom School date.