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Clark, Septima Poinsette, 1898-1987

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1898 May 3 - 1987 December 15

Gender

  • female

Occupations

Places

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Ethelyn Murray Parker papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1029
Abstract Ethelyn Murray was born in 1895 to Georgie Westcott and Robert J. Murray, in Charleston, S.C. Murray attended the Simonton School and the Avery Normal Institute, graduating in 1914. Murray worked at Voorhees for nine years and in 1936, she moved back to Charleston. She married Sebastian L. Parker in 1939. In the 1940s, Parker took a writing correspondence course and upon completion, she began a column for The Lighthouse and Informer, an African American...
Dates: 1899-1992; Majority of material found within 1920-1980