Septima Poinsette Clark was a Civil Rights activist and educator. Her attributes towards Civil Rights includes developing workshops that played an important role in the drive for voting rights and Civil Rights for the Civil Rights Movements. She was dubbed “Queen Mother”, or “Grandmother” of the Civil Rights Movement. Dr. Martin Luther King would refer to Septima Clark as “The Mother of the Movement.” She was a member of the NAACP. Part of her advocacy work included leading her students around the City of Charleston, asking for signatures to petition for black principles in Charleston public schools. Septima Poinsette Clark and students were successful by getting 10,000 signatures in one day. In 1920 blacks were allowed to become principles in Charleston public schools. She worked with Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP in 1945 on a case to achieve equal pay for white and black teachers.
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Church Affiliation:United Methodist Church
Role in the Movement:Septima Poinsette Clark was a Civil Rights activist and educator.
Birth Place:Charleston, SC
Born Date:May 3, 1898
Deceased Date:December 15, 1987
Place Lived as Adult:Charleston, SC; Columbia, SC
Church Location:Charleston, SC