Citizenship Education Program files, 1956-1967.

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Citizenship Education Program files, 1956-1967.

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The series consists of files of the Citizenship Education Program from 1956-1967. Includes the files of Robert L. Green, Dorothy Cotton, Septima P. Clark, and Annell Ponder, all directly involved in implementing and coordinating the activities of the program. Includes correspondence, field reports, and memoranda. The school reports subseries contain reports and correspondence from citizenship school teachers on the progress in local schools.

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Clark, Septima Poinsette, 1898-1987

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Septima Poinsette Clark was born in Charleston, S.C. on 3 May 1898, the daughter of Peter Poinsette, who grew up a slave on the plantation of Joel Roberts Poinsett (with conflicting data saying he came on the ship the Wanderer), and Victoria Anderson who grew up mostly in Haiti. The family lived on Henrietta Street; Clark attended small private schools and Avery Institute, getting a teacher's certificate in 1916. Laws did not allow blacks to teach in black city schools, so Clark ta...

Ponder, Annell.

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Green, Robert Lee

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Cotton, Dorothy F., 1930-

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American Missionary Association

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Southern Christian Leadership Conference

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Field Foundation (New York, N.Y.)

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