Peter Humphries Clark (March 29, 1829 – June 21, 1925) was one of Ohio’s most effective black abolitionist writers and speakers. He became the first teacher engaged by the Cincinnati black public schools in 1849, and the founder and principal of Ohio’s first public high school for black students in 1866. Because of these accomplishments, he was named the nation’s primary black public school educator. Clark is also remembered as the first African-American socialist in the United States, running for Congress in 1878 under the banner of the Socialist Labor Party of America.

Peter Humphries Clark was born in Cincinnati in 1829. His father, Michael Clark, a barber, was the son of William Clark, the famous explorer. Michael's mother was one of Clark's slaves.

Peter Humphries Clark died in 1925. He left his philosophy books to a St. Louis library. His large collection of poetry books by black poets were given to a Cincinnati library.

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