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L. Mendel Rivers papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0094
Abstract Correspondence, speeches, memoranda, legislative files, political files, and committee files of L. Mendel Rivers (1905-1970), Democratic United States Representative from South Carolina's 1st Congressional District from 1941 to 1970. Materials primarily relate to Rivers' service in Congress from 1955 to 1962 with topics including the Cold War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Bay of Pigs invasion, Civil Rights, public school desegregation, and the United States Armed Services and defense programs. Also...
Dates: 1940-1962; Majority of material found within 1957-1962

Bernice Robinson papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1018
Abstract Bernice Violanthe Robinson (1914-1994) was born in Charleston, South Carolina to James C. and Martha Elizabeth Robinson. She was a cosmetologist, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Secretary and Chairperson of Membership, Highlander's first Citizenship School teacher for adult education on John's Island, South Carolina. She held political education and voter registration workshops in Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, and other southern states for the...
Dates: 1920-1989; Majority of material found within 1950-1989

John C. Ruoff papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1027
Abstract John Carl Ruoff (born 1948) received a Ph.D. in History from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1976, specializing in social and cultural history of the 19th century American South. Starting in 1987, he has worked as Executive and then Research Director for South Carolina Fair Share, a civil rights advocacy group, providing statistical and demographic technical assistance and support to community groups. He has also provided policy analysis and advocacy on consumer, utility,...
Dates: 1972-2002

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

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African Americans -- Politics and government -- 20th century 3
Civil rights 3
Civil rights workers -- United States 3
clippings (information artifacts) 3
correspondence 3
African American civil rights workers 2
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 20th century 2
African Americans -- Education 2
African Americans -- Politics and government 2
Charleston (S.C.) -- Race relations 2
Cold War 2
Education -- South Carolina -- Johns Island (Island) 2
Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 2
Legislators -- United States 2
South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 20th century 2
Southern States -- Race relations 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
legislative records 2
memorandums 2
personal correspondence 2
Africa -- Periodicals 1
African American businesspeople -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American college students 1
African American college teachers 1
African American educators -- United States -- 20th century 1
African American political activists -- United States -- 20th century 1
African American politicians 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 teachers -- New York (State) -- New York -- 20th century 1
African American teachers -- Tanzania -- 20th century 1
African American universities and colleges 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 1
African Americans -- Civil rights -- United States 1
African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina 1
African Americans -- History -- Study and teaching 1
African Americans -- Race relations 1
African Americans -- South Carolina 1
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 20th century 1
African Americans -- Suffrage -- South Carolina 1
Algebra -- Study and teaching (Middle school) -- South Carolina 1
Apartheid -- South Africa 1
Apportionment (Election law) -- South Carolina 1
Authors with disabilities -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Bamberg County (S.C.) -- History 1
Black nationalism 1
Black people -- Congresses 1
Black people -- History -- Study and teaching 1
Black people -- Periodicals 1
Black power -- United States 1
Black race -- Congresses 1
Boycotts -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- 20th century 1
Bus lines -- South Carolina 1
Charleston (S.C.) 1
Charleston (S.C.) -- History -- 20th century 1
Charleston County (S.C.) -- Race relations 1
Civic leaders -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Civil Rights Attorney’s Fees Awards Act of 1976 1
Civil rights -- Societies, etc. 1
Civil rights -- United States 1
Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Miscellanea 1
Civil rights lawyers -- South Carolina 1
Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- Greenwood 1
Civil rights movements -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Civil rights movements -- Southern States 1
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Miscellanea 1
Class actions (Civil procedure) -- South Carolina 1
College students -- Political activity -- History -- 20th century 1
Constitutional law -- South Carolina 1
Courts -- South Carolina 1
Cuba -- History -- Invasion, 1961 1
Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 1
Daufuskie Island (S.C.) -- Social conditions 1
Day care centers -- South Carolina -- Yonges Island 1
Denmark (S.C.) -- History 1
Disability awareness -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Discrimination in education -- South Carolina 1
Discrimination in employment -- United States 1
Education -- Study and teaching 1
Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Education -- South Carolina -- Edisto Island 1
Education -- South Carolina -- Wadmalaw Island 1
Election districts -- South Carolina 1
Elections 1
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