Mark Clark, June 28, 1947 December 4, 1969 Peoria Chapter, Black Panther Party of Illinois
Murdered December 4, 1969 by Chicago Police under the direction of the Cook County States Attorney, instigated by the FBI.
For he was likely, had he been put on, To have prov'd most royal . . . .
Carrol Cox
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Lest it pass with day's news:
Mark Clark was born on June 28, 1947, in Peoria, Illinois, to Elder William Clark and Fannie Bardley Clark. He became active in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) at an early age and joined in demonstrating against discrimination in employment, housing and education.[1] According to John Gwynn, former President of state and local chapters of the NAACP, Mark Clark and his brothers played a major part in keeping other teenagers in line. "He could call for order when older persons or adults could not," he said of Mark in a December 1969 interview with the Chicago Tribune. Family members say Mark Clark enjoyed reading and art and was good at drawing portraits.[2] He attended Manual High School and Illinois Central Junior College in
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