@lowcountrychronicles: The School That Sparked a Movement What if I told you one of the most powerful Civil Rights legacies in America began on Bull Street in Charleston just months after the Civil War ended? In 1865, freed Black residents opened the Avery Normal Institute, the first secondary school for African Americans in Charleston and one of the first in the South. It trained students not just to read, but to lead. From Avery came teachers, lawyers, and activists like Septima Clark the “Mother of the Movement.” Because knowledge… was their first act of rebellion. 🕯️ Avery Normal Institute Avery Research Center Charleston SC history Civil Rights South Carolina Reconstruction Charleston Black education legacy Freedmen schools 1865 Septima Clark Lowcountry history African American heritage #lowcountry #BlackHistory #CharlestonHistory #CivilRights #AveryInstitute

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