Title: Echo in my soul
Description: Septima Poinsette Clark was born on in Charleston, South Carolina, May 3, 1898, the second of eight children. Her father—who had been born a slave—and mother both encouraged her to get an education. Clark attended public school, then worked to earn the money needed to attend the Avery Normal Institute, a private school for African Americans. She is an Educator and Civil Rights Leader viewed as the Grandmother of the Civil Rights movement working with many organizations including the SCLC and  NAACP in leadership roles.
Subjects: African American teachers, Biography, civil rights leader, TN Highlander Folk School, SCLC, NAACP, SC Black History Leader
Places: High Point, NC; Columbia, SC; Charleston, SC, Haiti, Highlander School, TN
People: Septima Poinsette Clark (1898-1987)
Time periods: 1898-1987