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Avery Normal Institute

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Avery photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1112
Dates: approximately 1890s-2012

Graves family papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1081
Abstract The Graves family of Charleston, South Carolina, was an African American family consisting largely of educators and Avery Institute graduates. James R. B. Graves, Jr. (1883-1969), a Pullman porter and union member of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, married Rose Laura Winds (1890-1978) in 1915. Together, they raised five children: J. Michael, Pauline, Annette, Robert, and Eugene. J. Michael Graves (1915-1996), a Class of 1932 graduate of the Avery Institute, was an educator and...
Dates: 1884-2004

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African American churches -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
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African American fraternal organizations -- 20th century -- Photographs 1
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African Americans -- Social conditions 1
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African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 19th century 1
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Buildings -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
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High schools -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 1
Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 -- Photographs 1
Porters -- Labor unions -- United States -- History 1
Public schools -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century 1
Pullman porters -- Photographs 1
Pullman porters -- United States -- History 1
School buildings -- South Carolina -- Photographs 1
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