Faith Holsaert

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Faith Holsaert (born 1943) is an American educator and civil rights activist.

Holsaert was born in New York City in 1943.[1] She was raised by her mother, who was divorced, and her female African American music teacher, in the same household, in Greenwich Village.[1][2] She volunteered for the Harlem Brotherhood Group and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee as a teenager.[1][2] In 1961, she participated in a sit-in in Crisfield, Maryland to protest racial segregation.[2] She was arrested at the sit-in.[1] She registered voters in Terrell County, Georgia in 1962 and met Martin Luther King, Jr..[1][2] She also volunteered for the Brown Berets.[2] She resides in Durham, North Carolina.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Faith Holsaert". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e Friedman, Jordan. "Holsaert started her civil rights activism at early age". USA Today. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
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