Clark? Tell me what your life was and how it came to be that you were involved with civil rights. JCB: Would you begin, perhaps, with a short biographical note about yourself, Mrs. I was up on a campus with about seven thousand in Santa Cruz, and it was surprising- but they were too little when we were working hard -they didn’t know very much about the civil rights movement. I’m teaching a course here on civil rights at the college and much to my astonishment, I realize that these young people who are Americans do not know much about what happened. Bear in mind though that this is for a French audience, and it will be new for them. So I’m afraid, since… you’ve been interviewed so many times before, you’re going to find this probably is repeating what you’ve said already. JCB: …Ella Baker, whom I met a number of years ago in New York City. I’ve talked to a good many journalists and historians of this country who have spent time observing the movement and writing about it, but I must say you’re the second person I’ve met who was a grass roots leader. Jean Claude Bouffard: ( Recording begins as interviewer is already speaking) …Rev. Included here is a portion an interview appropriate to this volume, “Laying the Foundations.” Other interview and original materials are included in Volume 2 and 3 as well.) Transcript ( Editor’s Note: Among the Champions of Civil and Human Rights in South Carolina Septima Poinsette Clark is one of a few towering figures who span the entire period this anthology includes. Interviewee: Septima Poinsette Clark (May 3, 1898–December 15, 1987)
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