Septima Clark and Rosa Parks, Highlander Folk School, 1955. Clark first learned of Highlander through the director of the Coming Street Y, who had attended a workshop there in 1952. When Clark went to Highlander in 1953, she experienced for the first time the Center’s approach to living and learning together. Participants of different races came together to discuss solving local community problems, including racial issues. Clark had never experienced these kinds of discussions, nor had she lived for several days in the same dormitory rooms, or eaten meals at the same table, with whites. Clark soon began working for Highlander during the summers, and one of her students was Rosa Parks. Clark encouraged the shy Parks to speak up in workshops about her experiences in Montgomery, and a few months later, Parks was at the center of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, after refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger. | Source: Mrs. Septima Clark and Rosa Parks at Highlander Folk School, Monteagle, Tennessee.1955. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2015652115/. Download Original File
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Mrs. Septima Clark and Rosa Parks at Highlander Folk School, Monteagle, Tennessee.1955. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2015652115/.
