Article 10, section 10 of the 1868 South Carolina Constitution mandates free public education for all children “without regard to race or color.” This constitution also extended voting rights to all men of all races. By 1898, when Septima Clark was born, a new state constitution had stripped Black citizens of these civil rights. | Source: Constitutional Convention (1868). Constitution of 1868.Article 10.S131081. South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia,SouthCarolina. Online at http://www.teachingushistory.org/tTrove/1868Constitution.htm Download Original File
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Constitutional Convention (1868). Constitution of 1868.Article 10.S131081. South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia,SouthCarolina. Online at http://www.teachingushistory.org/tTrove/1868Constitution.htm
