South Carolina State University
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
J. Arthur and MaeDe Brown papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1074
Abstract
J. Arthur Brown was born in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1914. After graduating from the Avery Institute in 1932, he continued his education at South Carolina State College in Orangeburg, SC, graduating in 1937. While at SCSC, J. Arthur Brown met his future wife MaeDe Esperanza Myers (1918-2012), marrying in 1940. The couple had three daughters: MaeDe Joenelle Gordon, Minerva King, and Dr. Millicent Brown; and one son, Myles Gregory Brown. He fathered a second son, Albert Wayne Gourdine,...
Dates:
1890-2013; Majority of material found within 1950-1988
Henry Harleston Fleming papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1133
Abstract
Henry Harleston Fleming (1916-2007), born to Katherine Harleston and Maithlun N. Fleming, in St. Augustine, Florida, was a African-American composer, arranger, professor and director of the choirs at Burke High School, Charleston and South Carolina State University in Orangeburg, South Carolina. A prolific pianist, "Harl Fleming," was an accompanist and director for several regional music ensembles. Fleming and his wife, Marie Martin Fleming lived in the Charleston, South Carolina area...
Dates:
1877-2007; Majority of material found within 1930-2000
Orangeburg Massacre Oral History Project
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1062
Abstract
The Orangeburg Massacre Oral History Project contains 18 oral history interviews conducted in 2001 and 2002 with students, professors, and journalists who were present during the 1968 police shootings of African American college students in Orangeburg, South Carolina. Interviewees discuss student organizing at South Carolina State College prior to the Massacre, the political climate of Orangeburg, the Massacre itself, the role of the press, the physical, mental, and emotional trauma from...
Dates:
2001-2007