Whipper, Benjamin James, 1912-1998
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence: Benjamin J. Whipper Scholarship Fund, 2002 - 2010
File — Box 171, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
A fund established to support Morris College students.
Dates:
2002 - 2010
South Carolina Voices of the Civil Rights Movement Conference
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1196
Abstract
The South Carolina Voices of the Civil Rights Movement Conference collection documents the 1982 conference held by the Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture. The conference hosted community organizers and scholars to discuss the Civil Rights Movement in South Carolina with sessions on voting and political action, labor, education, the culture of the movement, the Highlander influence, the youth movement, civic and political action, and redress and protest. Oral histories were...
Dates:
1982
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
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