Wednesday August 19, 2020
7 days before the 100th Anniversary of the Women’s Right to Vote
Inspirational Woman for Today is:
Septima Poinsette Clark
Another interesting fact…In 1956 when South Carolina banned membership in the NAACP, Septima Clark lost her teaching job and pension when she refused to comply. Hired by Myles Horton, Clark became Director of Workshops at the Highlander Folk School in Tennessee. When this program was absorbed into the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), Clark and her cousin Bernice Robinson created the first citizenship school to educate blacks in literacy, state government, and election procedures. (Courtesy Blackpast.com)
To learn more about this inspirational woman, go to NPS.gov’s web page
