They called her “The Mother of the Movement”… but many still don’t know her name. Septima Poinsette Clark believed literacy was liberation. Barred from teaching in Charleston because of her race, she taught in rural schools instead. And when Black citizens were kept from voting with literacy tests, she didn’t just protest—she created Citizenship Schools to teach them how to read, write, and claim their right to vote. She didn’t march down every street—but she helped thousands walk into voting bo