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Septima Poinsette Clark
Courtesy Avery Research Center, College of Charleston
Marker detail: Citizenship School
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| | Septima Poinsette Clark was born in Charleston, South Carolina in 1898, the daughter of Victoria Anderson of Haiti and Peter Poinsette, who grew up enslaved on the plantation of Joel Roberts Poinsette. Clark earned a teacher's certificate from The . . . — — Map (db m134228) HM |
| | (side 1) Septima Poinsette Clark, who Martin Luther King Jr. called "the Mother of the Movement," was a nationally influential Civil Rights activist. She was born at 105 Wentworth St. on May 3, 1898 to Peter Poinsette, a former slave, and . . . — — Map (db m133641) HM |
| | Native Charlestonian and daughter of a former lowcountry slave, Mrs. Septima Clark was a leader of the Civil Rights Movement. A graduate of Avery Normal Institute, Clark's first job was teaching African-American children on Johns Island. Her . . . — — Map (db m64797) HM |
| | By Legislative Act
in 1978
Named In Her Honor
Community Leader
Educator
Civil Rights Leader
Dedicated 1978 — — Map (db m61564) HM |
May. 13, 2024