A Year Without Sundays: Images from the Literacy Campaign in Cuba

In 1961, Cuba launched a nationwide, highly effective literacy campaign. Young people traveled from the cities to the rural areas, working with farmers during the day and teaching by lamplight at night. Not only did the country rapidly reach an unprecedented 96 percent literacy rate, but also the young teachers were profoundly changed. They developed a new found respect for campesinos, and the traditional roles of women in society changed qualitatively. This Compilation of testimonies and rarely seen archival images tells the lived experiences of a year that changed lives, those of both teacher and student. A Year Without Sundays, dedicated to the powerful act of teaching others how to read and write. English and Spanish bilingual text.