About: Joseph Samuel Clark

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Joseph Samuel Clark (June 7, 1871 – November 3, 1944) was an African-American academic administrator who spent most of his career in Louisiana. He was the head of Baton Rouge College and president of Southern University and A&M College, both historically black colleges, where he served in total from 1901 to 1938. During the years from 1914 to 1938 he led the development of Southern, designated as a land grant college in 1890 and moved to the Baton Rouge area in 1914.

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  • Joseph Samuel Clark (June 7, 1871 – November 3, 1944) was an African-American academic administrator who spent most of his career in Louisiana. He was the head of Baton Rouge College and president of Southern University and A&M College, both historically black colleges, where he served in total from 1901 to 1938. During the years from 1914 to 1938 he led the development of Southern, designated as a land grant college in 1890 and moved to the Baton Rouge area in 1914. Clark was a co-founder of several African-American organizations, and served in leadership roles at the state and national level in associations for African-American educators. In 1931 he declined an offer of the ambassadorship to Liberia by Republican President Herbert Hoover, as he was devoted to his mission of developing Southern University. (en)
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  • 1944-11-03 (xsd:date)
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  • 1871-06-07 (xsd:date)
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  • Sparta, Bienville Parish, Louisiana, U.S. (en)
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  • Felton Grandison Clark (en)
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  • 1944-11-03 (xsd:date)
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  • New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. (en)
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  • Joseph Samuel Clark (en)
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  • Octavia Head (en)
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  • Joseph Samuel Clark (June 7, 1871 – November 3, 1944) was an African-American academic administrator who spent most of his career in Louisiana. He was the head of Baton Rouge College and president of Southern University and A&M College, both historically black colleges, where he served in total from 1901 to 1938. During the years from 1914 to 1938 he led the development of Southern, designated as a land grant college in 1890 and moved to the Baton Rouge area in 1914. (en)
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  • Joseph Samuel Clark (en)
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  • Joseph Samuel Clark (en)
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