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Ku Klux Klan (1915- )

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1915 -

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Jack Bass and Walter De Vries papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1061
Abstract In 1974, Jack Bass and Walter De Vries interviewed prominent South Carolina public figures. These interviews, among others, were used for their book, The Transformation of Southern Politics: Social Change and Political Consequence since 1945. The papers consist of eight interview transcripts conducted by Jack Bass and Walter De in 1974 Vries with prominent South Carolina public figures. The overarching theme of the interviews is race relations and the effect...
Dates: 1974
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Jack Bass and Walter De Vries papers

Charleston Jewish Community Relations Committee papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1020
Collection Overview Includes correspondence, minutes, typescripts, carbons, newspapers, photocopies of clippings, printed matter. Correspondence (1959-1966) is primarily that of Nat Shulman (1914-2000), as secretary and member of the Community Relations Committee, but also regarding his role as executive director of the Jewish Community Center. Correspondents include other members of the committee, representatives of the National Community Relations Advisory Council and other national groups, local Rabbis, such...
Dates: 1958-1967
Found in: Special Collections / Charleston Jewish Community Relations Committee papers

College of Charleston Library vertical file on the "Greensboro Incident" of 1979

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-065
Collection Overview

The collection consists of materials gathered by the staff of the Robert Scott Small Library at the College of Charleston, South Carolina. It includes numerous clippings and pamphlets concerning the "Greensboro Incident" of 1979. The materials describe the murder of 5 members of the Communist Workers Party by members of the Ku Klux Klan and the National Socialist Party of America. Most of the materials were published by the Communist Workers Party.

Dates: 1979-1980
Found in: Special Collections / College of Charleston Library vertical file on the "Greensboro Incident" of 1979

College of Charleston Library vertical file on the Ku Klux Klan

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-066
Collection Overview

The collection consists of materials gathered by the staff of the Robert Scott Small Library at the College of Charleston, South Carolina. It includes numerous newspaper clippings concerning the Ku Klux Klan and some documents published by the Klan.

Dates: 1973-1981
Found in: Special Collections / College of Charleston Library vertical file on the Ku Klux Klan

The Ku Klux Klan and Mer Rouge

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-034
Collection Overview

The Ku Klux Klan and Mer Rouge is a printed propaganda piece from the 1920s that defends the organization's ideology, and promotes an anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic political position. It is written by an anonymous author.

Dates: 1920s
Found in: Special Collections / The Ku Klux Klan and Mer Rouge

William Vincent Moore papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0153
Abstract Writings, printed materials, working files, correspondence, photographs, and audiovisual materials of William Vincent Moore, Professor of Political Science at the College of Charleston from 1972 to 2009. Materials document Moore's scholarly research of American political extremism, South Carolina politics, and Southern politics. Printed materials amassed by Moore make up a significant portion of the collection and consist of newspapers, newsletters, magazines, booklets, pamphlets, direct...
Dates: 1895-2009; Majority of material found within 1940-2009
Found in: Special Collections / William Vincent Moore papers

Cleveland L. Sellers, Jr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1017
Abstract Cleveland Sellers, Jr. (born 1944), an African American from Denmark, South Carolina, was a participant and leader of a variety of student, civil rights, leftist, and Pan African movements in the 1960s and 1970s. Sellers alone was indicted and convicted for inciting a riot during the Orangeburg Massacre, in which three students of South Carolina State University died and many others were wounded; Sellers was later pardoned.The majority of the collection details Cleveland L....
Dates: 1934-2003
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Cleveland L. Sellers, Jr. papers

Frank Albert Young papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1136
Abstract

Frank Albert Young (1905-1990), worked as a journalist, historian, lecturer, and activist. Young, frequently referred to as "Mzee" (respected wise elder) and "Mwalimu" (dedicated teacher) was one of the last living members of "The Harlem Round Table." He was the founding member of the Third World Press News Service, Third World-American Education Association and Pan-African Communications Committee and was a member of numerous social justice, and grassroots organizations.



Dates: 1910-1989, undated; Majority of material found within 1970-1988
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Frank Albert Young papers
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