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Walter Earl Douglas papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1127
Abstract
Walter Earl Douglas (1923-1979), an African-American newspaper journalist and writer. A stanch conservative Republican, Douglas wrote columns under the byline of "The Earl of Charleston" and "W. Earl Douglas." His columns were featured in South Carolina newspapers including the "Charleston Chronicle," "The Charleston Evening Post" and "Black News" (Columbia), in addition to syndicated nationally papers including the "Union Leader" (Manchester, New Hampshire). Douglas' writings incorporate...
Dates:
1963-1979; Majority of material found within 1977-1979
Forestry Commission , 1979, 1980, 1987, 1988
File — Box 34: Series Series 2, Folder: 21
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence regarding revised Affirmative Action Plan and "A Resolution," 1979.
Dates:
1979, 1980, 1987, 1988
Found in:
Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
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Lucille Simmons Whipper papers
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Series 2: Political Career
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2.4: State of South Carolina Legislative Branch-The General Assembly: House of Representatives: The Honorable Lucille Whipper
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2.4.8: South Carolina State Boards, Commissions and Committees
Human Affairs Commission, 1990-1991
File — Box 36: Series Series 2, Folder: 5
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding Affirmative Action Proviso 129.47 and meeting minutes.
Dates:
1990-1991
Found in:
Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
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Lucille Simmons Whipper papers
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Series 2: Political Career
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2.4: State of South Carolina Legislative Branch-The General Assembly: House of Representatives: The Honorable Lucille Whipper
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2.4.8: South Carolina State Boards, Commissions and Committees
Human Affairs Commission, 1993
File — Box 36: Series Series 2, Folder: 9
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents
Contains report: "We Need All the Pieces," regarding status of state agencies' Affirmative Action plans and programs; and "Statement of Dr. Willis C. Ham Commissioner-South Carolina Humn Affairs Commission Before the House Ways and Means Committee, 8 February 1993.
Dates:
1993
Found in:
Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
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Lucille Simmons Whipper papers
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Series 2: Political Career
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2.4: State of South Carolina Legislative Branch-The General Assembly: House of Representatives: The Honorable Lucille Whipper
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2.4.8: South Carolina State Boards, Commissions and Committees
Human Affairs Commission, 1995-1996
File — Box 36: Series Series 2, Folder: 10
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents
Reports and correspondence regarding Affirmative Action, House Bills #3017 and #3759.
Dates:
1995-1996
Found in:
Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
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Lucille Simmons Whipper papers
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Series 2: Political Career
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2.4: State of South Carolina Legislative Branch-The General Assembly: House of Representatives: The Honorable Lucille Whipper
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2.4.8: South Carolina State Boards, Commissions and Committees
Lucille Simmons Whipper papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1146
Abstract
Lucille Simmons Whipper (1928-2021), an educator, guidance counselor, academic administrator, community, and religious leader and the first African-American woman to serve as an State of South Carolina House of Representatives in Charleston's District 109 (1986-1996). She exercised her activism with her graduating class at Avery Institute in their attempts to desegregate the College of Charleston in 1944. Decades later, Whipper was instrumental in working with the State of South Carolina and...
Dates:
1900-2016, undated