By Jessica Dortch AFRO News Editor Later deemed “the mother of the movement,” Septima Poinsette Clark was born in Charleston, S.C. to a laundry woman and former slave. Clark dedicated her life to educating the Black community and advancing African Americans through literacy and leadership. After finishing high school in the early 1900s, she had […]
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