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Septima Clark and the Civil Right Movement, A First Person Narrative

ISBN-13: 9780865431744

Contributor(s): Cynthia Stokes Brown

Subjects: Biography: Historical, Political & Military

Publisher: Africa World Press

Publisher Imprint: Africa World Press

Publication Date: 22-10-2020

Format: Paperback

Availability: In stock

£17.95

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About the book

Septima Clark played one of the most essential, but little recognized roles in the Civil Rights Movement. Born in 1898 in Charleston, South Carolina, she was a public school teacher until 1956, when she was dismissed for refusing to disavow her membership in the National Association for the advancement of Colored People. Subsequently, she worked for the Highlander Folk School, helping to set up Citizenship Schools throughout the South where Black adults could learn to read and prepare to vote. This is a first-person narrative of her life in the context of the Civil Rights Movement.

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