The Fruit From Clara: A Digital Archive

The Fruit From Clara is a digital archive and oral history project that extends the 2024 short documentary Clara’s Fruit by preserving and making accessible the educational legacy of Sister Clara Muhammad and the educators and students who carried her vision forward. With an initial focus on Atlanta, Georgia, and Chicago, Illinois, this project documents firsthand experiences and community-held histories connected to the University of Islam and the Clara Muhammad School System, contributing to a fuller record of African American educational history.

This is an ongoing oral history project, made possible in part through a grant our team received from the Black Teachers Archive, based at the Gutman Library at Harvard Graduate School of Education. As the project continues to grow, we welcome community leaders, scholars, students, educators, alumni, and members of the general public who are interested in helping us expand and deepen this work.

If you have a story, materials, research, expertise, or simply an interest in contributing to this effort, please contact us at notexturefilms@gmail.com.