Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
"Charleston Workshop" Seeking and Identifying Black Historical Treasures, 4-5 February 1983
File — Box 146, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Holds the sub-series: Board of Directors Administrative Documents and Committees; Correspondence and Newsletters; Grant Proposals; Workshops and Event Programs; Avery Institute Alumni; and Various Research Documents. Also view the Charleston Chapter of the Links, "Woman of the Year," Oversize Box #160, for additional materials not included in this subseries.
Dates:
4-5 February 1983
Found in:
Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
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Lucille Simmons Whipper papers
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Series 5: Civic, Community, and Social Involvement
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5.6: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
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5.6.1: Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture (ALAAHC): Board of Directors
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5.6.1.4: Workshops and Event Programs
Constitution and By-Laws, 1981-2007, and undated
File — Box 144, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
Includes various revisions and memorandums pertaining to the Constitution/By-Laws Committee. Also contains "A Proposal for the Avery Museum and Research Center," and "Memorandum of Understanding Between the Avery Research Center and the Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture."
Dates:
1981-2007, and undated
Found in:
Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
/
Lucille Simmons Whipper papers
/
Series 5: Civic, Community, and Social Involvement
/
5.6: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
/
5.6.1: Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture (ALAAHC): Board of Directors
/
5.6.1.1: ALAAHC Board of Directors Administrative Documents and Committees
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