Amos-Frazier, Marjorie, 1926-2010
Person
Occupations
Places
- Manning (S.C.) (Place of Birth)
- Charleston (S.C.) (Place of Death)
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Marjorie Amos-Frazier papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1166
Abstract
Marjorie Amos-Frazier (1926-2010) was a Civil Rights activist and politician in Charleston, South Carolina. She was the first woman elected to serve on the Charleston County Council in 1974. Six years later Amos-Frazier became the first non-legislator, woman and African-American to serve on the South Carolina Public Service Commission (1980-1993).Amos-Frazier's papers hold biographical, professional and political career, organizational and religious affiliation documents and...
Dates:
1970s-2010, and undated
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 civil rights workers -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century 1
- African American clergy -- 20th century -- Photographs 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 -- Politics and government -- South Carolina 1
- Charleston (S.C.) -- Photographs 1
- Charleston (S.C.) -- Politics and government 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
- Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 1
- Hospitals -- Employees -- Labor unions -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Oral histories 1
- Orangeburg Massacre, Orangeburg, S.C., 1968 1
- Political participation 1
- Student movements 1
- awards 1
- black-and-white photographs 1
- certificates 1
- clippings (information artifacts) 1
- color photographs 1
- speeches (documents) 1
- transcripts 1