Septima Poinsette Clark, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetSeptima Poinsette Clark
American activist
Date of Birth: 03-May-1898
Place of Birth: Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Date of Death: 15-Dec-1987
Profession: educator
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Septima Poinsette Clark
- Septima Poinsette Clark (May 3, 1898 – December 15, 1987) was a black American educator and civil rights activist.
- Clark developed the literacy and citizenship workshops that played an important role in the drive for voting rights and civil rights for African Americans in the Civil Rights Movement.
- Septima Clark's work was commonly under-appreciated by Southern male activists.
- She became known as the "Queen mother" or "Grandmother" of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
- commonly referred to Clark as "The Mother of the Movement".
- Clark's argument for her position in the Civil Rights Movement was one that claimed "knowledge could empower marginalized groups in ways that formal legal equality couldn't."
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