Reel to reel tape recording labeled retirement
(in error) is an interview with Clark on The Meeting
Program, Yellow Springs, Ohio Friends Meeting, as Clark traveled under auspices American Friends Service Committee.
Scope and Contents note
Interviewer gives background of Citizen Education Schools and role of Highlander Center of Tennessee. Clark gives a state by state progress report of the schools in the South, noting great success in South Carolina; with data on SE Georgia (under Hosea Williams), Birmingham, Alabama; Mississippi Delta; and Louisiana. The role of Antioch students in helping start the movement on Johns Island in the mid 1950s is discussed; with mention of Ann Lockwood of Antioch, helping in a diphtheria epidemic there, and all discovering the rate of illiteracy on the island, prompting schools. The listening copy in cassette form is in folder 15-10 -- Cassette 1, Side B
Dates
- Creation: 1920s-1980s
Creator
- From the Collection: Clark, Septima Poinsette, 1898-1987 (Person)
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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Charleston South Carolina 29424 United States
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