‘I Consider Chaos a Gift’ — Septima Poinsette Clark Quote Tee | Wear Words Black-on-White Statement Shirt — Muscle Tank

“Whenever there is chaos, it creates wonderful thinking. I consider chaos a gift.” Septima Clark — who built the Citizenship Schools that taught thousands of Black Southerners to read well enough to register to vote — said this late in life, recorded in her 1986 memoir Ready from Within. She had watched order break so that new thinking could rush into the gap: for her, the mess of a crisis was the exact condition under which people finally reconsider everything.

**Bella+Canvas 3483 — Muscle Tank (Black only for now, Color finish).** A white option isn’t available from our printer at the moment — we’ll add it the moment it is. 100% combed & ring-spun cotton, 4.2 oz, 30 singles. Unisex muscle fit, crew neck, cut-off sleeves, wide armholes, side-seamed, pre-shrunk. Care: machine wash cold with like colors, tumble dry low, no bleach, cool iron inside-out (never iron the print).