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They Say I'm Your Teacher
Documentary
2020
9 min
Portola Valley, CA
Bernice Robinson, a beautician from South Carolina, was the first teacher in the Citizenship Education Schools that taught literacy in order to pass voter registration requirements in the South during the mid-1950's and 1960's. She taught adults to read and write, understanding that registering to vote and engaging people in the issues that affected their lives was a key step toward changing the system.