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Septima Poinsette Clark
Courtesy Avery Research Center, College of Charleston
Marker detail: Citizenship School
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| Near Calhoun Street east of Concord Street when traveling east. |
| | 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 |
| On Wentworth Street west of Glebe Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | (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 |
| Near Calhoun Street near east of Concord Street. |
| | 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 |
| On Septima Clark Expressway (U.S. 17) at President Street, on the left when traveling south on Septima Clark Expressway. |
| | By Legislative Act
in 1978
Named In Her Honor
Community Leader
Educator
Civil Rights Leader
Dedicated 1978 — — Map (db m61564) HM |
Apr. 28, 2024