Citizens' Committee of Charleston (Charleston, S.C.)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Septima P. Clark papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1000
Abstract
Septima Poinsette Clark (1898-1987) was born in Charleston, South Carolina to Peter Porcher Poinsette and Victoria Anderson. Clark attended small private schools and Avery Institute, getting a teacher's certificate in 1916. She married Nerie Clark (1889-1925) of North Carolina, a navy cook in 1920; they had one surviving child Nerie Clark, Jr. (born 1925). Clark received her BA from Benedict College in 1942 and an MA from Hampton Institute in 1946. She taught in various schools throughout...
Dates:
approximately 1910-1990
Esau Jenkins papers, 1963-2003
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1004
Abstract
Esau Jenkins (1910-1972) was born and raised on Johns Island, South Carolina. With very little formal education, he became a businessman and civil rights leader.The collection contains biographical papers, correspondence, writings, and information about his affliations, including the Progressive Club, Citizen's Committee of Charleston, Community Organization Credit Union, Political Action Committee of Charleston County, Political Awareness League of Charleston County, and the...
Dates:
1963-2003
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- African American women -- South Carolina -- Societies and clubs 1
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- African Americans -- Civil rights 1
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- South Carolina 1
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 20th century 1
- African Americans -- Education 1
- African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina 1
- African Americans -- Politics and government -- 20th century 1
- African Americans -- Politics and government -- South Carolina 1
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston County -- History 1
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Johns Island (Island) -- Social conditions 1
- African Americans -- Suffrage -- South Carolina 1
- Civil rights workers -- United States 1
- Daufuskie Island (S.C.) -- Social conditions 1
- Education -- South Carolina -- Johns Island (Island) 1
- Johns Island (S.C. : Island) -- Economic conditions 1
- Legal assistance to the poor -- South Carolina 1
- Literacy -- South Carolina -- History 1
- Literacy tests (Election law) -- South Carolina 1
- Police-community relations -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
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