Jenkins, Esau, 1910-1972
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1910 - 1972
Occupations
Places
- Charleston (S.C.) (Other)
Found in 3 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
Bernice Robinson papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1018
Abstract
Bernice Violanthe Robinson (1914-1994) was born in Charleston, South Carolina to James C. and Martha Elizabeth Robinson. She was a cosmetologist, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Secretary and Chairperson of Membership, Highlander's first Citizenship School teacher for adult education on John's Island, South Carolina. She held political education and voter registration workshops in Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, and other southern states for the...
Dates:
1920-1989; Majority of material found within 1950-1989
Filtered By
- Subject: African Americans -- Civil rights X
Additional filters:
- Subject
- African Americans -- Education 2
- African Americans -- Politics and government -- 20th century 2
- Education -- South Carolina -- Johns Island (Island) 2
- Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 2
- Political action committees -- South Carolina 2
- African American businesspeople -- South Carolina 1
- African American politicians 1
- African American women -- Social conditions 1
- African American women -- South Carolina -- Societies and clubs 1
- African American women teachers 1
- 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 -- Civil rights -- United States 1
- African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina 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
- Charleston (S.C.) -- Race relations 1
- Civil rights -- Societies, etc. 1
- Civil rights movements -- Southern States 1
- Civil rights workers -- United States 1
- Daufuskie Island (S.C.) -- Social conditions 1
- Day care centers -- South Carolina -- Yonges Island 1
- Education -- South Carolina -- Edisto Island 1
- Education -- South Carolina -- Wadmalaw Island 1
- Functional literacy -- United States 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
- Race discrimination -- South Carolina -- History 1
- South Carolina -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century 1
- Southern States -- Race relations 1
- Voter registration -- Southern States 1 + ∧ less
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