Margaret Louise Sirman Clark was born in Dixie, Georgia. She moved to New York City before settling in Arkansas.
Clark earned degrees at Arkansas AM&N and the University of Arkansas. Clark furthered her French studies at Rutgers University, the Institut des Professeurs de Français at the Sorbonne, and the Université de Besançon. In 1969, she became one of the first African American professors at the University of Arkansas, where she taught French and education classes. Clark earned University of Arkansas associate professor emerita status in the department of curriculum and instruction in 1998.
She has served on the boards of the Washington County Historical Society, the Arkansas-East Bolivia Partners of the Americas, and the Arkansas Alumni Association. Clark is the recipient of the 1989 National Panhellenic Award for Outstanding Faculty Member, the Martin Luther King Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Silas Hunt Legacy Award.
#1: Still frames from Margret Clark 2006 interview video.
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#2: Margaret Clark's husband, Oran Clark
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#3: Margaret Clark's mother
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#4: Margaret Clark (1st row on left) in class photo; MaComb's Jr. High School, P.S. 82; June 1942
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#5: Margaret Clark with other Alpha Kappa Alpha members
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#6: Margaret Clark
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#7: Margaret Clark
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#8: Margaret Clark
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#9: Photo booth images of Margaret Clark
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#10: Margaret Clark with her pets
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#11: Margaret Clark (seated on right) with students
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#12: Margaret Clark (2nd from left)
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#13: Margaret Clark
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#14: Margaret Clark
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#15: Margaret Clark's father, Ellis Sirmans
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#16: Margaret Clark with her father, Ellis Sirmans
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#17: Margaret Clark (right) with friends
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#18: Margaret Clark (center)
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#19: Margaret Clark (seated on right) with AAUW members
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#20: Margaret Clark
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#21: Margaret Clark (left) with friends at AAUW's Seventy-Fifth Anniversary
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#22: Margaret Clark
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#23: Margaret Clark with her friend on a cruise
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#24: Margaret Clark
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#25: Margaret Clark (standing 4th from left in middle row) with Alpha Kappa Alpha members
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#26: Margaret Clark (4th from left in front row) with Alpha Kappa Alpha members
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#27: Margaret Clark
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#28: Silas Hunt Legacy Award portrait of Margaret Clark, 2006
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#29: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Margaret Clark; Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2006
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#30: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Margaret Clark; Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2006
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