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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

Cleveland L. Sellers, Jr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1017
Abstract Cleveland Sellers, Jr. (born 1944), an African American from Denmark, South Carolina, was a participant and leader of a variety of student, civil rights, leftist, and Pan African movements in the 1960s and 1970s. Sellers alone was indicted and convicted for inciting a riot during the Orangeburg Massacre, in which three students of South Carolina State University died and many others were wounded; Sellers was later pardoned.The majority of the collection details Cleveland L....
Dates: 1934-2003

Southern Committee to Free All Political Prisoners papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-167
Collection Overview This collection consists of 5 documents related to the Southern Committee to Free All Political Prisoners. The first document is dated December 1973 and contains a description of cases and events used to build support for the Southern Committee to Free All Political Prisoners; the second sheet contains a petition to free Thomas Wansley. The second document, entitled "People's petition demanding justice for the Attica indictees," contains a list of grievances against Attica Prison; on the...
Dates: 1972-1973

Speeches: African American Political Issues , 1988, and undated

 File — Box 2, Folder: 4
Identifier: Subseries 1.4
Scope and Contents

Holds "Saving the Black and the Male Child;" and Influencing Decision Making in the Eighties: The Crisis in Black Leadership," with several untitled typed drafts. Includes an handwritten speech introducing Congressman James Clyburn, (undated).

Dates: 1988, and undated

Speeches: Politics, Civil Rights and Economic Issues , 1989-1990, and undated

 File — Box 2, Folder: 3
Identifier: Subseries 1.4
Scope and Contents

Contains handwritten and typed speeches, many with untitled drafts. Includes "Dreams and Visions: Necessary Traits of an Effective Leader;" "Strengthening Institutions for Survival in the 21st Century;" and "Lord, I'm Climbing High to Mountains Tryin' to Get Home."

Dates: 1989-1990, and undated

William Saxon Wilson papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1038
Abstract

The William Saxon Wilson papers mostly consists of business cards, invitations, event programs, broadsides, and various ephemera created in his business, The Sax Print Shop, which document social, church, educational, and other aspects of African-American life in Charleston, South Carolina.

Dates: 1913-1983; Majority of material found in 1920-1982

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Civil rights 9
African Americans -- Civil rights 7
Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 7
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 20th century 4
Charleston (S.C.) -- Race relations 4
Civil rights movements -- United States 4
clippings (information artifacts) 4
correspondence 4
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century 3
African Americans -- Civil rights -- South Carolina 3
African Americans -- Politics and government -- 20th century 3
Civil rights movements -- South Carolina -- Charleston 3
Civil rights workers -- United States 3
Hospitals -- Employees -- Labor unions -- South Carolina -- Charleston 3
Political action committees -- South Carolina 3
Race discrimination -- South Carolina -- History 3
Reports and studies 3
South Carolina -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century 3
Southern States -- Race relations 3
African American civil rights workers 2
African American civil rights workers -- United States 2
African American college teachers 2
African American universities and colleges 2
African Americans -- Education 2
African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina 2
African Americans -- Politics and government 2
African Americans -- South Carolina 2
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 2
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 20th century 2
African Americans -- Suffrage -- South Carolina 2
Charleston (S.C.) -- History -- 20th century 2
Civic leaders -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
Cold War 2
Discrimination in education -- South Carolina 2
Education -- South Carolina -- Johns Island (Island) 2
Legislators -- United States 2
Programs (Publications) 2
Race discrimination -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 2
School integration 2
School integration -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 2
Segregation -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 20th century 2
United States -- Politics and government 2
United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century 2
United States -- Race relations 2
bills (legislative records) 2
congressional committee records 2
congressional committee reports 2
grant proposals 2
legislative records 2
memorandums 2
personal correspondence 2
sermons 2
Africa -- Periodicals 1
African American Congregationalists 1
African American businesspeople -- South Carolina 1
African American businesspeople -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American churches -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American civic leaders -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American civil rights workers -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century 1
African American college students 1
African American dentists 1
African American educators -- United States -- 20th century 1
African American labor union members -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American police -- South Carolina -- Charleston County -- Biography 1
African American political activists -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American political activists -- United States -- 20th century 1
African American politicians 1
African American radio stations -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American religious leaders 1
African American school principals -- New York (State) -- New York -- 20th century 1
African American social reformers -- United States -- 20th century 1
African American stevedores -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 21st century 1
African American students -- Mississippi -- 20th century 1
African American teachers -- New York (State) -- New York -- 20th century 1
African American teachers -- Tanzania -- 20th century 1
African American women -- Social conditions 1
African American women -- South Carolina -- Societies and clubs 1
African American women teachers 1
African American youth 1
African Americans -- Civil rights -- South Carolina -- Rock Hill -- History 1
African Americans -- Civil rights -- United States 1
African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African Americans -- History -- Study and teaching 1
African Americans -- Politics and government -- South Carolina 1
African Americans -- Race relations 1
African Americans -- Social conditions -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century 1
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Relations with Jews 1
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Religion 1
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Social conditions 1
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston County -- History 1
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Johns Island (Island) -- History -- 20th century 1
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Johns Island (Island) -- Social conditions 1
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Johns Island (Island) -- Social life and customs 1
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 20th century 1
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Politics and government -- History -- 20th century 1
African Americans in medicine -- South Carolina 1
Algebra -- Study and teaching (Middle school) -- South Carolina 1
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