Southport Historical Society Awards $2000 to a Graduating South Brunswick High School Senior. 

The Southport Historical Society is proud to announce that Caroline Richardson of Southport, NC, was recently honored with the 2021 Susan Sellers Carson scholarship. This award is given annually to a graduating South Brunswick High School senior based on the merits of an original essay.  Caroline’s essay was titled “Anna Clemons- Fighting for the Right to Vote”.  The Society was particularly impressed with the research Caroline conducted for her essay. She used an extensive list of secondary resources as well as interviewing living descendants of Ms. Clemons. Her essay is available for download here. 

 Caroline Richardson will attend  North Carolina State University, College of Humanities and Social Sciences.  She will receive $2000 over the course of her first two years of study. 

The Susan Sellers Carson scholarship was established in 2003. It was named in honor of Miss Susie Carson, co-founder of the Southport Historical Society (SHS). For more than forty years, members of the SHS have worked to collect, preserve, and share the history of Southport. The SHS created this scholarship out of a belief that an understanding of the past is the best foundation for building the future. Since 2003, the Southport Historical Society has awarded over $30,000 in scholarships.