Clarie Collins Harvey

Overview

Clarie Collins Harvey born Louisa, MS November 27, 1916 (d. 1965). Black businesswoman; leading Black leader of Women Strike for Peace 1961, linking civil rights with peace movement; founder Womanpower Unlimited 1961 aiding jailed Freedom Riders; first Black head Church Women United 1971-4; WSP delegate to Geneva atomic conference 1962, World Without the Bomb Assembly Ghana 1962.

Quotations

“I must say that that kind of witness. . . with white women and black women who were there in the south and who were wanting good will to be administered, really made a difference and a change.” (Debbie Harwell, Wednesdays in Mississippi, 2014; c.1968 photo amistedresearch)