What
a priviledge it has been to live and work on Johns Island,
to support the literacy citizenship work which enabled
the community to empower itself and change the island
politically. Building on the citizenship classes, island
residents were able to vote in their own representatives,
to establish their own health care center, senior housing,
better roads and sanitation.
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Janie Hunter, Ruth Bligen,
Bessie Jones, & Mary Pinckney
Newport Folk Festival, 1965
Photographer: David Gahr
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