Whipper, Lucille, 1928-2021
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1928 June 6 - 2021 August 27
Gender
- Females
Occupations
Places
- Charleston (S.C.) (Place of Birth)
Topics
Languages Used
- English
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Memorial Tribute for the Reverend Dr. Alphonso R. Blake, 2005
File — Box 131, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Contains correspondence, annual session programs, meeting minutes, financial reports, typescripts, newsletters, and Sunday Order of Service programs. Also holds documents pertaining to assistant pastor and pastoral employment searches.
Dates:
2005
South Carolina Coalition for Black Voter Participation , 1996
File — Box 72: Series Series 2, Folder: 14
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents
Contains event program book regarding Whipper's tribute and keynote speaker.
Dates:
1996
Found in:
Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
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AMN 1146, Lucille Simmons Whipper papers
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Series 2: Political Career
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2.4: State of South Carolina Legislative Branch-The General Assembly: House of Representatives: The Honorable Lucille Whipper
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2.4.15: South Carolina Organizations and Associations
Benjamin James Whipper, Sr., papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1147
Abstract
Benjamin James Whipper, Sr., (1912-1998), a minister, religious leader, educator, and civic activist. A native of Charleston, South Carolina, Reverend Whipper pastored two churches, Charity Baptist (1949), and Saint Matthew Baptist (1940). Whipper was the Moderator of the Charleston County Baptist Association; the treasurer with the Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina; and the Assistant Secretary on the Executive Board of the National Baptist Convention, USA,...
Dates:
approximately 1865-2008, undated
Lucille Simmons Whipper papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1146
Abstract
Lucille Simmons Whipper (1928-2021), an educator, guidance counselor, academic administrator, community, and religious leader and the first African-American woman to serve as an State of South Carolina House of Representatives in Charleston's District 109 (1986-1996). She exercised her activism with her graduating class at Avery Institute in their attempts to desegregate the College of Charleston in 1944. Decades later, Whipper was instrumental in working with the State of South Carolina and...
Dates:
1900-2016, undated
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- Subject: African Americans -- South Carolina X
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- Charleston (S.C.) 1
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