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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Septima_Poinsette_ClarkSeptima Poinsette Clark - Wikipedia

    Septima P. Clark died December 15, 1987. In a eulogy presented at the funeral, the president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) described the importance of Clark's work and her relationship to the SCLC.

  2. www.biography.com › activist › septima-poinsette-clarkSeptima Poinsette Clark - Biography

    Apr 2, 2014 · Clark was 89 when she died on Johns Island on December 15, 1987. Over her long career of teaching and civil rights activism, she helped many African Americans begin to take control of their...

  3. www.britannica.com › biography › Septima-Poinsette-ClarkSeptima Poinsette Clark | Biography, Civil Rights ...

    Sep 10, 2024 · Septima Poinsette Clark (born May 3, 1898, Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.—died December 15, 1987, Johns Island, South Carolina) was an American educator and civil rights activist.

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  5. www.blackpast.org › african-american-history › clark-seSeptima Poinsette Clark (1898-1987) - Blackpast

    Feb 6, 2008 · The couple’s first child died in infancy; a son was born in 1925, but Clark’s husband died shortly after. By teaching in segregated schools in various locations, she earned a bachelor’s degree from Benedict College in 1942 and a master’s degree from Hampton Institute in 1946.

  6. www.encyclopedia.com › septima-poinsette-clarkSeptima Poinsette Clark - Encyclopedia.com

    May 9, 2018 · Born Septima Poinsette, May 3, 1898, in Charleston, SC; died December 15, 1987, in Charleston; daughter of Peter (a freed slave, cook, and custodial worker) and Victoria Warren Anderson (a laundress) Poinsette; married Nerie David Clark, May 5, 1920 (separated before his death in 1924); children: Victoria (died at three weeks of age), Nerie, Jr ...

  7. blackamericanhistory.org › timeline › civil-rights1987 (Dec 15) - Civil rights activist Septima Poinsetta Clark ...

    Septima Poinsetta Clark, Black American civil rights activist, died on John's Island, South Carolina, at age eighty-nine. Clark was born to a former sl...

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  9. kinginstitute.stanford.edu › clark-septima-poinsetteClark, Septima Poinsette | The Martin Luther King, Jr ...

    Clark, Septima Poinsette. May 3, 1898 to December 15, 1987. Bob Fitch photography archive, © Stanford University Libraries. A pioneer in grassroots citizenship education, Septima Clark was called the “Mother of the Movement” and the epitome of a “community teacher, intuitive fighter for human rights and leader of her unlettered and ...