Graves, J. Michael (James Michael), 1915-1996
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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
Mt. Zion AME Church records
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1026
Abstract
Mt. Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church was founded in 1882 in Charleston, South Carolina after the church divided from Emmanuel AME Church in Charleston, due to its inability to accommodate all its members. The new congregation, led by Norman B. Sterrett, purchased the Zion Presbyterian Church building on Glebe Street.
The collection consist of two separate series, each in chronological order. The first series of member and financial records contains information regarding members of the...
Dates:
1884-1949
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- Subject: African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston X
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- African American educators -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Photographs 1
- African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century 1
- African Americans -- Social conditions 1
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 1
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Religion 1
- Church records and registers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Educators -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- High schools -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Porters -- Labor unions -- United States -- History 1
- Public schools -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century 1
- Pullman porters -- Photographs 1
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