Clark, Septima Poinsette, 1898-1987
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- Her Ready from within, c1986:t.p. (in subtitle: Septima Clark) t.p. verso, etc. (Septima Poinsette Clark; Septima Poinsette b. 5/3/1898, Charleston, S.C.; in 1920 marr. Nerie Clark; public school teacher until 1956; civil rights activist & member of SCLC, resident of Charleston, S.C.)
- NUCMC data from College of Charleston Libr. for Her Papers, 1919-1978(Clark, Septima Poinsette, 1892-, teacher and civil rights activist, of Charleston, S.C., and Monteagle, Tenn.)
- New York Times, 12/17/87(Septima Poinsette Clark, 89, active in civil rights, d. 12/15/87)
Septima Poinsette Clark (May 3, 1898 – December 15, 1987) was an African American educator and civil rights activist. Clark developed the literacy and citizenship workshops that played an important role in the drive for voting rights and civil rights for African Americans in the Civil Rights Movement. Septima Clark's work was commonly under-appreciated by Southern male activists. She became known as the "Queen Mother" or "Grandmother" of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. Martin Luther King Jr. commonly referred to Clark as "The Mother of the Movement". Clark's argument for her position in the Civil Rights Movement was one that claimed "knowledge could empower marginalized groups in ways that formal legal equality couldn't."
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