Septima Clark was called “just a teacher.” But what she really did was help lay the foundation for the entire civil rights movement. She believed that education wasn’t just about books — it was about power, dignity, and survival. Her “citizenship schools” taught thousands of Black people how to read, write, vote, and lead. This is one of those Black history facts not taught in school. Septima Clark’s name is rarely mentioned in textbooks, even though her work made so much of the movement possibl