Augusta Gussie Clark (March 5 1932 – October 13 2013) was an American librarian lawyer and politician. Clark was elected to an at-large seat on the Philadelphia City Council in 1979 becoming the second African-American woman to serve on the city council. (Ethel D. Allen who served on the council from 1972 to 1979 was Philadelphia’s first African-American councilwoman.) Clark served on the Philadelphia City Council from 1980 until her retirement in 2000.
alma mater
Drexel University, Temple University, West Virginia State University
birth date
1932-03-05
birth place
Uniontown Alabama
death date
2013-10-13
death place
Pennsylvania, Wynnewood Pennsylvania
order in office
Member of the Philadelphia City Council from the At-Large District
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