Interviewer
Mary Ann Wright
Files
Abstract
This interview with Septima P. Clark was conducted by Mary Ann Wright for a Winthrop College class project on April 10, 1981. Septima Poinsette Clark (1898-1987) was an African-American educator and Civil Rights Activist from Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Clark discusses her family background and the influence that had on her life. Her mother was raised in Haiti and taught by the English while her father was a slave on the Joel Poinsett plantation. She details her experience growing up in Charleston during segregation and the struggle for education. Dr. Clark discusses her career as an educator and activist for education. Dr. Clark was pivotal in the voter registration movement across the South. She developed and led many handwriting clinics and education workshops in her Citizenship Education Program. Her work with the NAACP and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is discussed in detail. Dr. Clark has received many awards and recognition including the Living Legacy Award given to her by President Carter and her honorary Doctorate of Letters degree from the College of Charleston.
Publication Date
4-10-1981
Unique Identifier
OH 129
Format
2 Cassettes; WAV; MP3
Length
01:16:02
Restrictions
This interview is open for use.
Series
Civil Rights Movement
Disciplines
Oral History
Keywords
Handwriting Clinics, Discrimination of Teachers, NAACP, Civil Rights Movement
Recommended Citation
Clark, Septima Poinsette, "Interview with Septima Poinsette Clark - OH 129" (1981). Winthrop University Oral History Program. OH 129.
https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/oralhistoryprogram/51
LC Subject Headings
Clark, Septima Poinsette, 1898-1987--Interviews; Clark, Septima Poinsette, 1898-1987--Family; Clark, Septima Poinsette, 1898-1987--Childhood and youth; African American women civil rights workers--Interviews; African American women educators--Interviews; Poinsett, Joel Roberts, 1779-1851; Benedict College--Alumni and alumnae; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People--Membership; African Americans--Civil rights--Southern States; African Americans--Suffrage--Southern States; Charleston (S.C.)--Social life and customs
