Saunders, William, 1935-
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Guy and Candie Carawan Sea Island recordings
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1203
Abstract
The Guy and Candie Carawan Sea Island recordings, 1960-1969, collection contains field recordings and oral history interviews documenting Gullah Geechee life and culture in rural Johns Island. The recordings were created, first, during the Carawan's time assisting the Island's Citizenship School and, later, when they lived on the Island from 1963 to 1965. The collection consists of reel-to-reel tapes, audiocassettes, and transcripts.
Dates:
circa 1959-1969
Steve Estes papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1055
Abstract
The collection consists of primary and secondary sources used by Steve Estes to write his master’s thesis drawing comparison from the Memphis sanitation workers’ strike of 1968 and Charleston Hospital workers’ strike of 1969. Estes interviewed people who were closely associated with these movements and also consists of an analysis of newspaper clippings that capture these movements.
Dates:
1967-1996
William "Bill" Saunders papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1100
Abstract
William (Bill) Saunders, was an organizer and lead negotiator of the Charleston Hospital Stike of 1969. In 1970, Saunders established the Committee on Better Racial Assurance (COBRA) to address race-related community problems and provide assistance to community members in need. He also operated the AM radio station WPAL from 1972-1998.
This collection includes materials relating to the personal and professional life of Saunders. A very small portion of the papers contains...
Dates:
approximately 1950-2004
South Carolina Civil and Human Rights Anthology
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1197
Abstract
The South Carolina Civil and Human Rights Anthology is an oral history project containing 18 interviews conducted by the Avery Research Center in 2004 and 2007. Participants discuss their family history and their involvement in organizing and activism work in South Carolina. Topics discussed include labor organizing and labor strikes, demonstrations during the Civil Rights Movement such as sit-ins and marches, voter registration and voter turnout efforts, the Orangeburg Massacre, and the...
Dates:
2004-2007
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- Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 3
- African American political activists -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 20th century 2
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Johns Island (Island) -- Social life and customs 2
- Hospitals -- Employees -- Labor unions -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
- Oral histories 2
- transcripts 2
- African American churches -- South Carolina -- Johns Island (Island) 1
- African American civic leaders -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African American civil rights workers 1
- African American civil rights workers -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century 1
- African American radio stations -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African American stevedores -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 21st century 1
- African American women civil rights workers 1
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African Americans -- Music 1
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 20th century 1
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Johns Island (Island) -- History -- 20th century 1
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Johns Island (Island) -- Social conditions 1
- Boycotts -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- 20th century 1
- Charleston (S.C.) -- History -- 20th century 1
- Charleston (S.C.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century 1
- Church music 1
- Cigar Factory Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1945-1946 1
- Civic leaders -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Civil rights 1
- Civil rights demonstrations 1
- Civil rights movements -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Civil rights movements -- United States 1
- Community health services -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Community health services -- South Carolina -- Johns Island (Island) 1
- Community organizers 1
- Direct action 1
- Field recordings 1
- Geechees -- South Carolina -- Social life and customs 1
- Gospel music 1
- Gullahs -- South Carolina -- Social life and customs 1
- Johns Island (S.C. : Island) -- History -- 20th century 1
- Johns Island (S.C.) 1
- Nonprofit organizations -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 20th century 1
- Nonprofit organizations -- South Carolina -- Johns Island (Island) -- 20th century 1
- Orangeburg Massacre, Orangeburg, S.C., 1968 1
- Political participation 1
- Poor People’s Campaign 1
- Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968 1
- Sea Islands -- Social conditions 1
- Social action -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- 20th century 1
- Student movements 1
- Watch night 1
- audiocassettes 1
- tape reels 1