As Parents We MUST Fight For Our Children

Alexander G. Clark Sr. was inducted posthumously into the Iowa African-American Hall of Fame. In 1867, just two years after the end of slavery and more than 85 years before Brown v. Board of Education, Clark successfully filed suit to gain admittance of his daughter to the racially segregated public schools. He later successfully fought to have his son admitted to the law school at the University of Iowa. In 1879, his son became the first African-American graduate of the school. Five years later, Alexander Sr. was the second African-American graduate of the law school. The father/son pair practiced law together in Iowa and Illinois.

In 1890, Alexander was named U.S. minister to Liberia. He died in Africa while serving his country a year later.

A film about Clark that will be aired on Iowa Public Television this February, and also on WNET, New York City’s public television station.  Look for it!