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Submitted: 10/12/14 • Approved: 10/12/14 • Last Updated: 3/24/18 • R71915-G0-S3
June 7, 1871
October 27, 1944
Joseph S Clark, an educator and college president was born Josiah Clark in Sparta, Louisiana where he attended public and private school. He received his B. A. from Leland College in 1901 and an M. A. Degree from
Selma University in 1913. He did post graduate work at Harvard and Chicago Universities.
Dr. Clark served as president of Southern University in Baton Rouge from
1913 to 1938. He was also the president of the National Association of Teachers in Colored Schools in 1916 and superintendent of the Louisiana
State School for Negro Blind.
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Contributed on 10/12/14
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