Freedom's Teacher, Enhanced Ebook
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Freedom's Teacher, Enhanced Ebook

The Life of Septima Clark

  1. 480 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Freedom's Teacher, Enhanced Ebook

The Life of Septima Clark

About this book

Civil rights activist Septima Poinsette Clark (1898-1987) developed a citizenship education program that enabled tens of thousands of African Americans to register to vote and to link the power of the ballot to concrete strategies for individual and communal empowerment. Clark, who began her own teaching career in 1916, grounded her approach in the philosophy and practice of southern black activist educators in the decades leading up to the 1950s and 1960s, and then trained a committed cadre of grassroots black women to lead this literacy revolution in community stores, beauty shops, and churches throughout the South. In this engaging biography, Katherine Charron tells the story of Clark, from her coming of age in the South Carolina lowcountry to her activism with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in the movement's heyday. The enhanced electronic version of the book draws from archives, libraries, and the author's personal collection and includes nearly 100 letters, documents, photographs, newspaper articles, and interview excerpts, embedding each in the text where it will be most meaningful. Featuring more than 60 audio clips (more than 2.5 hours total) from oral history interviews with 15 individuals, including Clark herself, the enhanced e-book redefines the idea of the "talking book." Watch the video below to see a demonstration of the enhanced ebook:

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Introduction: Septima Clark’s Civil Rights Movement
  4. 1. Home Lessons
  5. 2. Taking Up the Work
  6. 3. Singing the Blues in the New Reconstruction
  7. 4. Political Training Grounds
  8. 5. The Battle Transformed
  9. 6. Crossing Broad
  10. 7. Bridging Past and Future
  11. 8. A Fight for Respect
  12. 9. Similar and Yet Different
  13. Epilogue: A Right to the Tree of Life
  14. Appendix: South Carolina Educational Statistics
  15. Notes
  16. Bibliography
  17. Index