Septima P. Clark is famous for being a civil rights activist. She set up workshops to increase literacy among African Americans, an effort that bolstered the push for both civil rights and voting rights for African Americans.
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William Clark along with Meriwether Lewis formed the famous explorers Lewis and Clark. They went on a three year expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory. They were also tasked with claiming the Oregon Territory for the United States.
Lewis and Clark are famous for what they did because they were sent out to unknown land and set to explore and discover things like water routes to the pacific ocean and write a description of the territory
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Meriwether Lewis was in charge and William Clark came as his assistant. But the Lewis And Clark Expedition is still know as The Lewis And Clark Expedition.
First, William Clark was born on August 1, 1770 and Meriwether Lewis was born on August 18, 1774. Therefore, at the time they met on October 13, 1803 at Camp Dubois (in present-day Indiana) Lewis was 29 years old and Clark was 33 and they would've been the same age when they departed St. Louis in May 1804.