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Septima Poinsette Clark: BlackFacts.com Womens Showcase
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Septima Poinsette Clark was an African American educator and civil rights activist. Martin Luther King Jr. commonly referred to Clark as "The Mother of the Movement."
Clark graduated from high school in 1916. She was able to return to school in Columbia to complete her B.A. at Benedict in 1942 and then she received her M.A. from Hampton.
In 1956, she became Vice President of the Charleston NAACP branch. Clark claimed that women being treated unequally was “one of the greatest weaknesses of the civil rights movement."
BlackFacts.com is the Internet's longest running Black History Encyclopedia. Our podcast summarizes the vast stories of Black history in daily episodes known as Black Facts Of The Day™.
Since 1997, BlackFacts.com has been serving up Black History Facts on a daily basis to millions of users and followers on the web and via social media.
Learn Black History. Teach Black History.
For more Black Facts, join Black Facts Nation at BlackFacts.com/join.
Because Black History is 365 Days a Year, and Black Facts Matter!
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Manage episode 287273307 series 2885711
Septima Poinsette Clark was an African American educator and civil rights activist. Martin Luther King Jr. commonly referred to Clark as "The Mother of the Movement."
Clark graduated from high school in 1916. She was able to return to school in Columbia to complete her B.A. at Benedict in 1942 and then she received her M.A. from Hampton.
In 1956, she became Vice President of the Charleston NAACP branch. Clark claimed that women being treated unequally was “one of the greatest weaknesses of the civil rights movement."
BlackFacts.com is the Internet's longest running Black History Encyclopedia. Our podcast summarizes the vast stories of Black history in daily episodes known as Black Facts Of The Day™.
Since 1997, BlackFacts.com has been serving up Black History Facts on a daily basis to millions of users and followers on the web and via social media.
Learn Black History. Teach Black History.
For more Black Facts, join Black Facts Nation at BlackFacts.com/join.
Because Black History is 365 Days a Year, and Black Facts Matter!
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