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      • 1939 - August 11, 1939: Diploma from Alabama A & M
      • First Mention Of Wilkie Clark In A Newspaper
      • 1941 - Registration For The Draft
      • 1941- 1945 - Military Service
      • 1948: Mr. & Mrs. Clark Wed In Anniston
      • 1949: Cobb Avenue High School Veterans Class
      • 1951: August 10, 1951-Bachelor Of Science Degree in Elementary Education
      • 1951: Voting
      • 1973: Tommy L. Wilkes Controversy
      • 1976: The Clark's Venture Into Politics
      • 1978 - February 28,1978 - Councilman George Poole
      • Emancipation
      • 1981 - "Y-A-W-N" Edgar Stevenson IRES Black Community
      • 1981 - July 18 - The Clark's Incorporate Clark Funeral Home
      • 1988-8-9 [THE ANNISTON STAR]-Bush Scores With Speech
      • Hear Him Speak
      • February 23, 1989 - A Special Visitor The Day Mama Died
      • Anniston Star Article On Mama's Passing
    • EDUCATION >
      • EDUCATION: Before-Desegregation
      • EDUCATION: After Desegregation >
        • 2005-December: Rosella Knight Parker Story
      • DR. EFFIE JEAN FIELDS' RESEARCH
    • NAACP PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES
    • POLICING
    • POLITICS
    • CHURCH/RELIGIOUS
    • RECREATION >
      • 1989, JUNE: SUMMER CAMP
    • VOTING RIGHTS >
      • The 1980s: A Decade Of Voting Rights Activism
      • 1983: Working To Implement Deputy Voter Registrars
      • 1984 - NAACP Supports Roanoke Suit
    • MRS. HATTIE P. CLARK: A Prolific Letter Writer
    • WILKIE CLARK'S DEATH
    • The Wilkie Clark Memorial Foundation
  • LIFE AFTER DEATH
  • PAY RESPECTS
  • PHOTO GALLERY
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Clark Funeral Home, Roanoke, Alabama

A Guided Digital Tour Of The Lives, Legacies and Works Of Wilkie And Hattie Lee (Peters) Clark as presented by their offspring:  their only daughter, Mrs. Charlotte A. Clark-Frieson; grandson, Wilkie S. Frieson, and Granddaughter, Je'Lynn M. Frieson.
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1981:  Edgar STevenson Ires the Black Community

Below is a clipping of a January, 1981editorial piece written by the late Edgar Stevenson, who published "The Randolph Press" which was a "sister" publication to the Roanoke Leader.  

Edgar Stevenson was the cousin of John B. Stevenson, who was editor and publisher of the Roanoke Leader.  Both publications came out weekly.  However, The Leader, (as its name implied was the leading publication in the county. 

In his editorial Stevenson clearly denigrated Dr. Martin Luther King, and denounced the Martin Luther King National Holiday.  This article drew tremendous fire from blacks everywhere, and of course there was Reaction.... and it was very vocal.   Wilkie Clark was at the heart of the March that was planned in response to this editorial. 

We will have to check the history, but itis believed that the Randolph Press never published -- or perhaps discontinued publication soon after this incident.

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After this inflammatory editorial appeared, the black community was both agitated, and ired over the nerve of Edgar Stevenson.  The community quickly put together plans to rally in front of Edgar Stevenson's office to air their grievances against the article.    About a week later, (January 20, 1981) The Anniston Star carried the following report:
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On January 23, 1981, reporting on the community's response to Stevenson's article, The Anniston Star captured this image of the protest.   The featured speaker for the event was Reverend John S. Nettles, who was the State President of the Alabama Chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) out of Anniston, Alabama. 

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  • HOME
  • ABOUT
    • The Life & Legacy Of Wilkie Clark
    • The Life & Legacy Of Mrs. Hattie Lee Peters Clark
    • CONTACT
  • DOCUMENT REPOSITORY & HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS
    • GENERAL INFORMATION >
      • 1939 - August 11, 1939: Diploma from Alabama A & M
      • First Mention Of Wilkie Clark In A Newspaper
      • 1941 - Registration For The Draft
      • 1941- 1945 - Military Service
      • 1948: Mr. & Mrs. Clark Wed In Anniston
      • 1949: Cobb Avenue High School Veterans Class
      • 1951: August 10, 1951-Bachelor Of Science Degree in Elementary Education
      • 1951: Voting
      • 1973: Tommy L. Wilkes Controversy
      • 1976: The Clark's Venture Into Politics
      • 1978 - February 28,1978 - Councilman George Poole
      • Emancipation
      • 1981 - "Y-A-W-N" Edgar Stevenson IRES Black Community
      • 1981 - July 18 - The Clark's Incorporate Clark Funeral Home
      • 1988-8-9 [THE ANNISTON STAR]-Bush Scores With Speech
      • Hear Him Speak
      • February 23, 1989 - A Special Visitor The Day Mama Died
      • Anniston Star Article On Mama's Passing
    • EDUCATION >
      • EDUCATION: Before-Desegregation
      • EDUCATION: After Desegregation >
        • 2005-December: Rosella Knight Parker Story
      • DR. EFFIE JEAN FIELDS' RESEARCH
    • NAACP PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES
    • POLICING
    • POLITICS
    • CHURCH/RELIGIOUS
    • RECREATION >
      • 1989, JUNE: SUMMER CAMP
    • VOTING RIGHTS >
      • The 1980s: A Decade Of Voting Rights Activism
      • 1983: Working To Implement Deputy Voter Registrars
      • 1984 - NAACP Supports Roanoke Suit
    • MRS. HATTIE P. CLARK: A Prolific Letter Writer
    • WILKIE CLARK'S DEATH
    • The Wilkie Clark Memorial Foundation
  • LIFE AFTER DEATH
  • PAY RESPECTS
  • PHOTO GALLERY
  • VIRTUAL TOURS
  • UPDATES
  • SHOP
  • New Page