Charleston, South Carolina (May 3, 1898 – December 15, 1987) 89 yrs

Septima Poinsette Clark was an educator and civil rights activist. Clark developed the literacy and citizenship workshops. These workshops played an important role in the drive for voting rights. They also contributed to civil rights for African Americans in the Civil Rights movement. Traveling throughout the South, Clark trained teachers for citizenship schools and assisted in SCLC marches and protests, working with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr King acknowledged Clark when he received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. He insisted that she join him to Sweden. She wrote two autobiographies outlining her nonviolent philosophy, ‘Echo in My Soul’ (1962) and ‘Ready from Within’ (1986).