2020-P South Carolina Innovation Dollar in BU

The American Innovation $1 Coin representing South Carolina honors educator and civil rights activist Septima Poinsette Clark. Educator and activist Septima Poinsette Clark has been called the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement.” Born May 3, 1898, in Charleston, SC, she was a social innovator and pioneer who shined the spotlight on the crucial link between education and political organizing aimed at gaining the right to vote.