One of Esau Jenkins many achievements was The Progressive Club, a store and community center on Johns Island. In 1957, Esau Jenkins, Septima Clark and Bernice Robinson started the first Citizenship School to encourage literacy and voter registration - its origin led to many similar schools around the south called the base on which the whole Civil Rights movement was built. The site was placed on the National Register of Historic Places - NPS in 2007 and we placed one of seven Civil Rights markers here in 2013. Come celebrate the man and his work on Sunday at 4 PM on the corner of Concord and Calhoun Streeets as we send a piece of the lowcountry to Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture #esaujenkins #loveisprogress #charleston
Posted on: Thu, 29 May 2014 12:57:20 +0000
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