Septima Clark
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Septima Clark was a pioneering African American educator and civil rights activist whose citizenship schools played a crucial role in teaching literacy and empowering Black voters in the U.S. South.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Septima Clark canonical | 1 |
| Septima Poinsette | 1 |
| Septima Poinsette Clark | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3088762 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Septima Clark Context triple: [Dorothy Cotton, workedWith, Septima Clark]
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A.
Marguerite Erskine Walker
Marguerite Erskine Walker was the wife of American inventor and industrialist George Westinghouse and a prominent Pittsburgh social figure and philanthropist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Amelia Boynton Robinson
Amelia Boynton Robinson was a pioneering African American civil rights activist whose leadership in Selma, Alabama, helped spark the Voting Rights Movement and contributed to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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C.
Shirley Graham Du Bois
Shirley Graham Du Bois was an American writer, playwright, composer, and activist known for her contributions to African American arts and her leadership in Pan-African and civil rights movements.
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D.
Alma Johnson Powell
Alma Johnson Powell is an American audiologist and education advocate best known as the longtime wife of former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and for her leadership in children’s and literacy initiatives.
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E.
Jo Ann Robinson
Jo Ann Robinson was a civil rights activist and educator who played a pivotal organizing role in initiating and sustaining the Montgomery bus boycott.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Septima Clark Target entity description: Septima Clark was a pioneering African American educator and civil rights activist whose citizenship schools played a crucial role in teaching literacy and empowering Black voters in the U.S. South.
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A.
Marguerite Erskine Walker
Marguerite Erskine Walker was the wife of American inventor and industrialist George Westinghouse and a prominent Pittsburgh social figure and philanthropist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Amelia Boynton Robinson
Amelia Boynton Robinson was a pioneering African American civil rights activist whose leadership in Selma, Alabama, helped spark the Voting Rights Movement and contributed to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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C.
Shirley Graham Du Bois
Shirley Graham Du Bois was an American writer, playwright, composer, and activist known for her contributions to African American arts and her leadership in Pan-African and civil rights movements.
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D.
Alma Johnson Powell
Alma Johnson Powell is an American audiologist and education advocate best known as the longtime wife of former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and for her leadership in children’s and literacy initiatives.
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E.
Jo Ann Robinson
Jo Ann Robinson was a civil rights activist and educator who played a pivotal organizing role in initiating and sustaining the Montgomery bus boycott.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African American
ⓘ
civil rights activist ⓘ educator ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
American Book Award
ⓘ
Living Legacy Award ⓘ |
| birthName |
Septima Poinsette
ⓘ
linked to:
Septima Clark
|
| burialPlace | Old Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart failure ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1898-05-03 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1987-12-15 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Atlanta University
ⓘ
linked to:
Clark Atlanta University
Avery Normal Institute ⓘ Benedict College ⓘ Columbia University ⓘ Hampton Institute ⓘ
linked to:
Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute
|
| employer |
Highlander Folk School
ⓘ
Southern Christian Leadership Conference ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
African Americans
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Americans
|
| familyName | Clark ⓘ |
| fullName |
Septima Poinsette Clark
ⓘ
linked to:
Septima Clark
|
| genre | autobiography ⓘ |
| givenName | Septima ⓘ |
| hasHonor |
Septima P. Clark Parkway named in her honor in Charleston, South Carolina
ⓘ
statue at the South Carolina State House grounds ⓘ |
| influenced |
Ella Baker
ⓘ
Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ Rosa Parks ⓘ grassroots organizers in the American South ⓘ |
| knownFor |
developing citizenship schools to teach literacy to Black adults in the U.S. South
ⓘ
grassroots leadership training in the civil rights movement ⓘ voter education and registration work among African Americans ⓘ |
| memberOf | Southern Christian Leadership Conference ⓘ |
| movement | American civil rights movement ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Rosa Parks ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Citizenship schools
ⓘ
linked to:
Citizenship Education Program
Echo in My Soul ⓘ Ready from Within: Septima Clark and the Civil Rights Movement ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil rights activist
ⓘ
educator ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Charleston, South Carolina, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Charleston, South Carolina, United States ⓘ |
| politicalParty |
Democratic Party (United States)
ⓘ
linked to:
Democratic Party
|
| positionHeld |
director of education and teaching for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
ⓘ
member of Charleston County School Board ⓘ |
| workedAt |
Highlander Folk School in Tennessee
ⓘ
linked to:
Highlander Folk School
public schools in Charleston, South Carolina ⓘ schools on Johns Island, South Carolina ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Septima Clark Description of subject: Septima Clark was a pioneering African American educator and civil rights activist whose citizenship schools played a crucial role in teaching literacy and empowering Black voters in the U.S. South.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Septima Clark
linked to: Septima Clark