Clark, Septima, 1982
Scope and Contents
The Jean-Claude Bouffard Civil Rights Interviews collection, 1982, contains oral history interviews with Septima Clark, Mary Moultrie, and Bernice Robinson as well as recordings of lectures that Septima Clark and Thomas R. Waring, Jr. gave to Bouffard's College of Charleston class in the summer of 1982. Participants discuss a wide range of topics including their family history and upbringing, their involvement in the Civil Rights Movement and organizing with the Charleston Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Highlander Folk School, Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), African American leaders like Martin Luther King, Jr., Kwame Ture (Stokley Carmichael), Ralph Abernathy, and Jesse Jackson, segregation in Charleston and, more broadly, in education, and the 1969 Hospital Workers Strike.
More information about the contents of each oral history or lecture can be found within the abstract at the file-level of each recording.
Dates
- Creation: 1982
Creator
- From the Collection: Bouffard, Jean Claude (Person)
Access Restrictions
No restrictions. A cassette player will be made available to researchers in the Avery Research Center's Reading Room to listen to the audiocassettes.
Full Extent
From the Collection: .209 linear feet (1 narrow document box and 5 audiocassettes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Abstract
Septima Clark reiterates and elaborates on some of the topics raised in the previous two interviews. The first half discusses again in detail Dr. King’s character and personality, as well as his marriage and familial relationships with his parents and siblings. Ms. Clark also refers to the characters of other SCLC leaders, in particular Ralph Abernathy, Jose Williams, and Andrew Young. During the second part of the interview, Clark details several voting rights campaigns, especially the Albany Movement in 1963 and the Chicago Freedom Movement in 1965, as well as Dr. King’s difficulty of gaining acceptance in the North. Clark then discusses the aftermath of the March on Washington in 1963 before concluding with her impressions from the Europe trip for the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in 1964.
The oral history is conducted by Jean Claude Bouffard. Both sides of the tape begin with the oral history having already started.
Repository Details
Part of the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture Repository
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