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Septima Poinsette was born in Charleston, South Carolina
Septima Clark was born in Charleston, South Carolina -
Septima Poinsette marries Nerie Clark
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Septima Clark in Columbia
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Sepitma Clark returns to her roots in Charleston, South Carolina
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Primaries open to African Americans
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Segregation of schools is ruled unconstitutional
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Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus
This sparked the Mongomery bus boycott, organized by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. In turn the bus boycott marked the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement -
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Septima Clark hired by Highlander Folk School
Septima Clark was fired from her teaching job in Charleston after refusing to denounce her membership with the NAACP. She was then hired by Myles Horton at the Highlander Folk School in Tennessee -
Bus segregation
The Supreme Court rules segergation of the public bus system unconstutional. -
Citizenship School
The first citiizenship school on Johns Island is established -
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) is founded
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Greensboro, NC sit in
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SNCC
The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee was founded. -
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Freedom Rides
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SCLC adopts citizenship school program
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Highlander reopens in Knoxville after being closed by the state
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Birmingham Demonstrations
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March on Washington
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President John F. Kennedy is assassinated
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Martin Luther King is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
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March from Selma to Montgomery
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The Voting Rights act is passed by President Johnson
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Martin Luther King is assassinated
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Clark Retires
Septima Clark retires from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference -
Septima Clark dies
Clark died on December 15, 1987 aat the age of 89.
