Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1104
Abstract
The Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture was founded in 1978 by a group of Avery alumnae and other interested persons in the Charleston, South Carolina, area. Its mission was to rescue the Avery Normal School buildings and to develop an archive and museum for preserving African American history and culture of the South Carlina Lowcountry. Working with the College of Charleston, the property on Bull Street was acquired and, in 1985, the Avery Research Center for African...
Dates:
1978-2000
South Carolina Committee for the Humanities: South Carolina Voices of the Civil Rights Movement, 1982
File — Box 146, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
Contains flyer and participant's evaluation for program sponsored by the ALAAHC at the Charleston Museum.
Dates:
1982
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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5.6.1.3: Grant Proposals