CLARK HISTORIC LANDMARK SITE
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.
AN ALABAMA HISTORIC LANDMARK SITE
Copyright © April 30, 2020
About Our Historic Site
Clark Funeral Home is one of a handful of black-owned businesses located in Roanoke, Randolph County, Alabama.
Roanoke and Randolph County, lie just a few miles west of the Georgia state line; and centrally between Alabama's northern and southern border.
This business was founded in the late 1960's by a black man named Wilkie Clark, his wife, Mrs. Hattie Peters Clark, and their daughter and "only-child", Charlotte who was a teenager at the time. Having very deep roots in this community, the family's importance evolved not only as black business owners, but for their long-running history of civil rights activism in this area.
It is important for our visitors to understand how the founding of this business coincided with and in many ways strengthened the civil rights movement.
Our virtual tours will illustrate for your better understanding, how black business ownership impacted civil rights not only in our small community, but perhaps for many other communities across our nation.
Roanoke and Randolph County, lie just a few miles west of the Georgia state line; and centrally between Alabama's northern and southern border.
This business was founded in the late 1960's by a black man named Wilkie Clark, his wife, Mrs. Hattie Peters Clark, and their daughter and "only-child", Charlotte who was a teenager at the time. Having very deep roots in this community, the family's importance evolved not only as black business owners, but for their long-running history of civil rights activism in this area.
It is important for our visitors to understand how the founding of this business coincided with and in many ways strengthened the civil rights movement.
Our virtual tours will illustrate for your better understanding, how black business ownership impacted civil rights not only in our small community, but perhaps for many other communities across our nation.
Understanding the Legacy
While visiting this website, you will encounter many individuals, personalities, influencers, history-makers. One important fact to bear in mind is this:
While visiting this website, you will encounter many individuals, personalities, influencers, history-makers. One important fact to bear in mind is this:
"Each story recorded here represents more than an individual achievement. Together, they formed the foundation upon which future generations would stand. By the time Wilkie and Hattie Lee Peters Clark emerged, the groundwork had been laid—step by step, sacrifice by sacrifice—preparing a community for the leadership, service, and legacy they would come to embody.”
** This site exists to preserve not only the legacy itself — but the foundations that made it possible **
THE CLARKS: "Legends At Work"
