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Septima P. Clark papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1000
Abstract
Septima Poinsette Clark (1898-1987) was born in Charleston, South Carolina to Peter Porcher Poinsette and Victoria Anderson. Clark attended small private schools and Avery Institute, getting a teacher's certificate in 1916. She married Nerie Clark (1889-1925) of North Carolina, a navy cook in 1920; they had one surviving child Nerie Clark, Jr. (born 1925). Clark received her BA from Benedict College in 1942 and an MA from Hampton Institute in 1946. She taught in various schools throughout...
Dates:
approximately 1910-1990
Ruby Pendergrass Cornwell papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1039
Abstract
Ruby P. Cornwell, a native of Foreston, SC, earned a B.A. from Talladega in 1925 and taught English for many years. In Charleston she was active in Plymouth Congregational Church and served on the boards of several organizations, including the Charleston Branch of the NAACP. Through her work with the NAACP she developed close ties to U.S. District Judge Julius Waites Waring and his wife, Elizabeth. Judge Waring presided over several noted civil rights cases-ruling for integration and equal...
Dates:
1944-2003; 1944-1974; Majority of material found within 1950-1969
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- Allen University 1
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- Carmichael, Stokely, 1941-1998 1
- Carson, Josephine, 1919- 1
- Charleston County School District 1
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- Clark, Septima Poinsette, 1898-1987 1
- Cornwell, Ruby Pendergrass, 1902-2003 1
- Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.) 1
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