Whipper, Lucille, 1928-2021

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Contains Whipper's speech transcript, "A Tribute to the Honorable Joseph P. Riley," 17 April 2013; and Post and Courier special insert, "Mayor Joe Riley," 13 December 2015.

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Contains correspondence, annual session programs, meeting minutes, financial reports, typescripts, newsletters, and Sunday Order of Service programs. Also holds documents pertaining to assistant pastor and pastoral employment searches.

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Comprises state wide organizations Whipper worked with during her legislative tenure. Contains various combinations of correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, newspaper articles, and brochures. Listed alphabetically.

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Contains delegate address delivered by Whipper. Includes memorandum regarding "College Students Applying for Registration." (1971)

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Given to Cornwell for receiving the Harvey Gantt Award. Includes drafts.

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,...

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Contains correspondence, handbooks, financial reports, grant proposals/applications, speech transcripts, event programs, and publications from Whipper's sorority.