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Transcript of Interview with Clark by Jacquelyn Hall for Southern Oral History Program. Charleston, South Carolina , July 25 1976.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8

Scope and Contents note

Includes related correspondence. Topics include her segregated schooling in Charleston; her parents, including her father, raised on Joel Poinsett's plantation, with a mention of him possibly being on the ship Wanderer; her strict upbringing; courtship by Nerie David Clark; her religious beliefs; her despair at the death of her child; Judge and Mrs. J. Waties Waring, and their differences; NAACP in Charleston and Columbia; Edwin Harleston; Myles Horton; Rosa Parks; Stokely Carmichael; Dorothy Cotton; Ella Baker; losing her teaching job in 1956; work in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; conflicts between the Conference and the Student Non Violent Coordinating Committee; both group's unfriendly attitude to women; the 1969 Charleston hospital workers' strike; creating a credit union for teachers; conflicts between African American men and women; and lack of appreciation for her in Charleston. With many mentions of various other topics and events in her personal and professional life.

Dates

  • Creation: 1960-1988 and undated

Creator

Access Restrictions

No restrictions.

Extent

From the Collection: 11.5 linear feet (15 archival boxes, 3 record cartons, 2 oversize boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture Repository

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