Bernice Robinson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bernice Robinson

American activist and educator

Date of Birth: 07-Feb-1914

Place of Birth: Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Date of Death: 03-Sep-1994

Profession: hairdresser, activist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Bernice Robinson (1914–1994) was an activist in the Civil Rights Movement and education proponent who helped establish adult Citizenship Schools in South Carolina.
Becoming field supervisor of adult education for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), she led political education workshops throughout the south, in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and other states to teach adult reading skills so that blacks would be able to pass literacy tests to vote.
Between 1970 and 1975, Robinson worked for the South Carolina Commission for Farm Workers, supervising VISTA workers and directing day care centers.
In both 1972 and 1974, she unsuccessfully ran for the South Carolina House of Representatives, becoming the first African American woman to run for a political office in the state.