160. Momentum: The Ripples Made by Ordinary People, Part 15

Here's Where It Gets Interesting

Sharon McMahon

Government, History, Storytelling, Education

4.9 • 15.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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On today’s episode in our special series, Momentum: Civil Rights in the 1950s, we learn about the women who gave the movement its backbone. Listen in as Sharon speaks about the Queen of the Civil Rights Movement, Septima Poinsette Clark, and another woman, Bernice Robinson, who, together, were effective teachers and leaders in the Civil Rights community.

Septima knew that education was the key to gaining political, economic, and social power and she devoted her activism to improving the education of both Black children and adults. Literacy tests were roadblocks to gaining voting cards, so Septima and Bernice organized citizenship education workshops at the Highlander Folk School in Tennessee. What did they teach in their classes? Were they successful in helping Black Americans pass their literacy tests?

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0:00.0	Hello friends, welcome. Welcome to the 15th installment of Momentum, our special series,
0:19.7	in which we are documenting ordinary Americans, the struggle for freedom during the civil rights
0:25.8	era of the 1950s. Today I want to tell you about a woman without whom we would have no
0:34.0	Martin Luther King, without whom we would have no Rosa Parks. Her name is Septima Poinsett Clark.
0:43.1	Let's dive in. I'm Sharon McMahon and welcome to the Sharon Says So Podcast.
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2:25.0	Ella Baker is known as the Godmother of the Civil Rights Movement, and the midwife of
2:35.0	SNCC, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Rosa Parks is known as the Mother
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