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  2. 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.

  3. Apr 2, 2014 · Clark was 89 when she died on December 15, 1987, on South Carolina's Johns Island. Early Life. Septima Poinsette Clark was born on in Charleston, South Carolina, May 3, 1898, the second...

  4. Apr 30, 2024 · American civil rights movement. 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. Her own experience of racial discrimination fueled her pursuit of racial equality and her commitment to strengthen the African ...

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  5. 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. Dec 17, 1987 · Septima Poinsette Clark, a teacher who had been active in civil rights activities since World War I, died Tuesday at a nursing home on John's Island. She was 89 years old. Born in...

  7. 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 ...

  8. 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 ...