Women - Civil Rights & Equal Rights Advocates

Learn about women who have fought for equal justice under the law!

Learn about women who have fought for equal justice under the law!

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Civil Rights Spotlight: Leola Clement Robinson
Civil Rights Spotlight: Leola Clement Robinson

Lesson

Grades: 5, 8

In recognition of June's Honoree for the 2024 South Carolina African American History Calendar, Leola Clement Robinson, students will discover the contributions and impact she made to the Cvil Rights...

Marian Wright Edelman | Carolina Snaps
Marian Wright Edelman | Carolina Snaps

Video

Marian Wright Edelman has dedicated her life to advancing civil rights and children’s rights. Born in South Carolina in 1939, she was inspired by her father to pursue education despite adversity...
Grimké Sisters | Carolina Snaps
Grimké Sisters | Carolina Snaps

Video

Grades: 5 8 Higher Education Professional Development

Although best known as fierce abolitionists, Sarah and Angelina Grimké were the first South Carolina Women to publicly advocate for women's suffrage.
Rollin Sisters | Carolina Snaps
Rollin Sisters | Carolina Snaps

Video

Grades: 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Born into a free black family during Reconstruction, the Rollin sisters played a pivotal role in advancing women's suffrage in South Carolina. Frances, Lottie, and Louisa were prominent activists...
The Pollitzer Sisters | Carolina Snaps
The Pollitzer Sisters | Carolina Snaps

Video

Grades: 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Meet the Pollitzer sisters, who played a vital role in advancing women's rights and education in South Carolina during a transformative era.
Avery Research Center - Photo Gallery | Let's Go!
Avery Research Center - Photo Gallery | Let's Go!

Photo

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

This Avery Research Center photo gallery features the following images: The Avery Center Avery Normal Institute Reverend Charles Avery Avery students in library African sculptures Book collections...
Avery Research Center | Let's Go!
Avery Research Center | Let's Go!

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

The Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture is located on the site of the former Avery Normal Institute. It was a hub for Charleston’s African American community from 1865–1954...
3D VR - Avery Research Center | Let's Go!
3D VR - Avery Research Center | Let's Go!

Interactive

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

The Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture is located on the site of the former Avery Normal Institute. It was a hub for Charleston’s African American community from 1865–1954...
Modjeska Monteith Simkins | Carolina Snaps
Modjeska Monteith Simkins | Carolina Snaps

Video

Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Modjeska Monteith Simkins is known as the "matriarch of civil rights activists" in South Carolina. Born in Columbia in 1899, Simkins spent her adult life fighting for equality and advocating for human...
Women of Character | Carolina Stories
Women of Character | Carolina Stories

Video

Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

This "Carolina Stories" documentary features the biographies of four "leading ladies" in South Carolina history, who have been honored by induction into the South Carolina Hall of Fame... Mary McLeod...
Septima Poinsette Clark | Carolina Snaps
Septima Poinsette Clark | Carolina Snaps

Video

Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Playing an important role in the civil rights movement, Septima Poinsette Clark understood the role that education could play in a community.
The Rollin Sisters | Sisterhood: SC Suffragists 5
The Rollin Sisters | Sisterhood: SC Suffragists
Episode 5

Video

Grades: 4 5 8 11

The Rollin Sisters are essentially silenced after Reconstruction, and are forced to move away from South Carolina due to the increasing violence by “Red Shirts”, and Ku Klux Klan members. In the fight...
The Rollin Sisters | Sisterhood: SC Suffragists 4
The Rollin Sisters | Sisterhood: SC Suffragists
Episode 4

Video

Grades: 4 5 8 11

The South Carolina Woman Suffrage Association was founded in Columbia in 1870, with Charlotte Rollin as the Chair. A charter is created and sent to Lucy Stone, one of the founders of the American...
The Rollin Sisters | Sisterhood: SC Suffragists 3
The Rollin Sisters | Sisterhood: SC Suffragists
Episode 3

Video

Grades: 4 5 8 11

During this period, there were many people, including African Americans, who felt the issue of women’s suffrage was much less important than civil rights for Blacks. In the 1868 Constitutional...
The Rollin Sisters | Sisterhood: SC Suffragists 2
The Rollin Sisters | Sisterhood: SC Suffragists
Episode 2

Video

Grades: 4 5 8 11

The Civil War brought an abrupt change to the Rollin Family, ending a period where, according to Frances Rollin, “free people of color were at the zenith of their prosperity”. The Rollin family’s...
The Rollin Sisters | Sisterhood: SC Suffragists 1
The Rollin Sisters | Sisterhood: SC Suffragists
Episode 1

Video

Grades: 4 5 8 11

Frances Rollin was propelled into the national spotlight with the Pilot Boy steamship incident, in Charleston, South Carolina, where the captain refused her service due to the color of her skin...