Peter Humphries Clark | |
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 Clark in the late 19th century | |
| Born | March 29, 1829 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | June 21, 1925 (aged 96) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Abolitionist, publisher, editor, writer, orator, civil rights activist |
| Political party | Republican Party (1856-1872) Workingmen's Party of the United States (1876-1878) Socialist Labor Party of America (1878-1879) |
| Spouse | Francis Ann Williams (m. 1854) |
| Children | 3 |
Peter Humphries Clark (March 29, 1829 – June 21, 1925) was an American abolitionist and speaker. One of Ohio's most effective black abolitionist writers and speakers, he became the first teacher engaged by the Cincinnati black public schools in 1849, and the founder and principal of Ohio's first public high school for black students in 1866. Because of these accomplishments, he was named the nation's primary black public school educator. Clark is also remembered as the first African-American socialist in the United States, running for Congress in 1878 under the banner of the Socialist Labor Party of America.