Concept: That there are many kinds of power we could use to build a better society. What is power? (Power is the ability to move things.) What kinds of power are there? Discuss.
Mississippi

Freedom Movement

 
Police state
Intimidation
Physical Power

(Power to coerce or frighten)

 
Federal intervention

 
One party
No vote
Unjust laws
Political Power

(Power to influence)

 
Vote
Convention challenge
Negro candidates

 
Citizen Council control, banks, jobs, etc.
Economic Power

(Power to buy)

 
Boycott
Strikes

From: Mississippi Freedom School Curriculum -- 1964: The academic curriculum (1991) Radical Teacher, No. 40, p. 17.