Whipper, Lucille, 1928-2021
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1928 June 6 - 2021 August 27
Gender
- Females
Occupations
Places
- Charleston (S.C.) (Place of Birth)
Topics
Languages Used
- English
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence, 1986-1989
File — Box 60: Series Series 2, Folder: 19
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Letters sent to and from Representative Whipper.
Dates:
1986-1989
Found in:
Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
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Lucille Simmons Whipper papers
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Series 2: Political Career
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2.4: State of South Carolina Legislative Branch-The General Assembly: House of Representatives: The Honorable Lucille Whipper
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2.4.14: Charleston County and City Departments and Organizations
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2.4.14.1: Charleston County Government Departments and Offices
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2.4.14.1.2: Charleston County Government: Correspondence
Correspondence, 1990-1991
File — Box 60: Series Series 2, Folder: 20
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Letters sent to and from Representative Whipper.
Dates:
1990-1991
Found in:
Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
/
Lucille Simmons Whipper papers
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Series 2: Political Career
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2.4: State of South Carolina Legislative Branch-The General Assembly: House of Representatives: The Honorable Lucille Whipper
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2.4.14: Charleston County and City Departments and Organizations
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2.4.14.1: Charleston County Government Departments and Offices
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2.4.14.1.2: Charleston County Government: Correspondence
Correspondence, 1992
File — Box 60: Series Series 2, Folder: 21
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Letters sent to and from Representative Whipper.
Dates:
1992
Found in:
Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
/
Lucille Simmons Whipper papers
/
Series 2: Political Career
/
2.4: State of South Carolina Legislative Branch-The General Assembly: House of Representatives: The Honorable Lucille Whipper
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2.4.14: Charleston County and City Departments and Organizations
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2.4.14.1: Charleston County Government Departments and Offices
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2.4.14.1.2: Charleston County Government: Correspondence
Correspondence, 1993-1994
File — Box 60: Series Series 2, Folder: 22
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Letters sent to and from Representative Whipper.
Dates:
1993-1994
Found in:
Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
/
Lucille Simmons Whipper papers
/
Series 2: Political Career
/
2.4: State of South Carolina Legislative Branch-The General Assembly: House of Representatives: The Honorable Lucille Whipper
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2.4.14: Charleston County and City Departments and Organizations
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2.4.14.1: Charleston County Government Departments and Offices
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2.4.14.1.2: Charleston County Government: Correspondence
Court Case: Fowler, et.al vs. Campbell, et. al: Correspondence, 1994
File — Box 63: Series Series 2, Folder: 15
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents
Attorney letters to Whipper and members for the Charleston County Legislative Delegation.
Dates:
1994
Found in:
Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
/
Lucille Simmons Whipper papers
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Series 2: Political Career
/
2.4: State of South Carolina Legislative Branch-The General Assembly: House of Representatives: The Honorable Lucille Whipper
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2.4.14: Charleston County and City Departments and Organizations
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2.4.14.1: Charleston County Government Departments and Offices
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2.4.14.1.4: Charleston County Legislative Delegation
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2.4.14.1.4.2: Court Case: Sandra Fowler, et. al. vs. Governor of the State of South Carolina, et. al.
Education Committee, 1989-1990
File — Box 62: Series Series 2, Folder: 9
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents
Whipper served as Chairwoman on this committee. Contains documents pertaining to Jennie Moore Elementary School.
Dates:
1989-1990
Found in:
Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
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Lucille Simmons Whipper papers
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Series 2: Political Career
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2.4: State of South Carolina Legislative Branch-The General Assembly: House of Representatives: The Honorable Lucille Whipper
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2.4.14: Charleston County and City Departments and Organizations
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2.4.14.1: Charleston County Government Departments and Offices
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2.4.14.1.4: Charleston County Legislative Delegation
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2.4.14.1.4.1: Charleston County Legislative Delegation: Correspondence and Meeting Minutes
Benjamin James Whipper, Sr., papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1147
Abstract
Benjamin James Whipper, Sr., (1912-1998), a minister, religious leader, educator, and civic activist. A native of Charleston, South Carolina, Reverend Whipper pastored two churches, Charity Baptist (1949), and Saint Matthew Baptist (1940). Whipper was the Moderator of the Charleston County Baptist Association; the treasurer with the Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina; and the Assistant Secretary on the Executive Board of the National Baptist Convention, USA,...
Dates:
approximately 1865-2008, undated
Lucille Simmons Whipper papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1146
Abstract
Lucille Simmons Whipper (1928-2021), an educator, guidance counselor, academic administrator, community, and religious leader and the first African-American woman to serve as an State of South Carolina House of Representatives in Charleston's District 109 (1986-1996). She exercised her activism with her graduating class at Avery Institute in their attempts to desegregate the College of Charleston in 1944. Decades later, Whipper was instrumental in working with the State of South Carolina and...
Dates:
1900-2016, undated
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