Saunders, William, 1935-
Person
Found in 2 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
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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- African American churches -- South Carolina -- Johns Island (Island) 1
- African American civil rights workers -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century 1
- African American political activists -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African American women civil rights workers 1
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 20th century 1
- African Americans -- Music 1
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Johns Island (Island) -- Social conditions 1
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Johns Island (Island) -- Social life and customs 1
- Church music 1
- Cigar Factory Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1945-1946 1
- Civil rights demonstrations 1
- Civil rights movements -- South Carolina -- Charleston 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
- Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 1
- Hospitals -- Employees -- Labor unions -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Johns Island (S.C.) 1
- Orangeburg Massacre, Orangeburg, S.C., 1968 1
- Political participation 1
- Student movements 1
- Watch night 1
- audiocassettes 1
- tape reels 1