Katherine Mellen Charron is assistant professor of history at North Carolina State University. She is coeditor of William Henry Singleton's Recollections of My Slavery Days.
Freedom's Teacher is the product of a 12-year research journey, the
result of which is extensive and meticulously organized. . . .
Charron vividly brings [Clark's] life and times to the fore.--The
Charleston Post and Courier
[A] deft narrative. . . . A compelling story about someone whose
name may not be included as a leader in the civil rights movement
but certainly should be.--Journal of Southern History
A beautifully written and meticulously researched biography. . . .
An essential addition to the growing number of biographies of black
women educators and activists....It challenges us to broaden our
understanding of the development of the civil rights era, the
definition of civil rights leadership, and the role of education in
laying the foundation for protest and social justice in the
twentieth century.--American Historical Review
A carefully researched and beautifully written study that absorbs
the reader from the first paragraph. . . . An engaging synthesis of
the major events and personalities of twentieth-century South
Carolina. . . . An essential text for students of educational
history, women's history, and the civil rights movement.--North
Carolina Historical Review
As a lyrical and moving account of an influential activist, this
biography is unrivaled.--Journal of American Studies
Charron's stunning, eminently readable writing style pulls the
reader in from the outset with opening lines that approach
synesthesia. . . . Any biographers would find this work amazing and
a worthy addition to their libraries. Any historian of the civil
rights movements would be well suited to pick this up as background
and context for understanding a leader and pioneer. A general
reader would not be put off by academic prose or overreliance on
either citations or notations.--H-Net Reviews
Deeply researched and engaging. . . . Charron's richly suggestive
biography of Septima Clark will surely stimulate more work on the
African American women who made the possibilities of the movement
realities.--Journal of American History
In Charron's capable hands, [Septima] Clark's life has at long last
received the full-length attention it deserves.--Oral History
Review
More than a biography.--Oral History Review
The crucial role played by Septima Poinsette Clark and other
African-American women has been written back into the story of the
civil rights movement.--The Pilot
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