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Audio Cassette Tapes, 1990 - 2007
File — Box 175
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Each series contains multiple subseries in which detailed descriptions are provided in each introduction.
Series 1. Biographical Documents (1944-2015, and undated)holds resumes, vitas and biographical sketches; oral interview transcripts and essays about Whipper; tributes and honors which includes honorary degrees, the South Carolina Black Hall of Fame, and the BellSouth-South Carolina African American History Calendar honoree (also refer to Series 10: Awards. Various...
Dates:
1990 - 2007
Isaiah Bennett papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1056
Abstract
Isaiah Bennett (1926-2002) served as a union representative for tobacco workers at the American Tobacco Company's Cigar Factory and as a leader and negotiator of the Charleston Hospital Workers' Strike of 1969. Bennett also founded and was president of the Charleston chapter of the A. Phillip Randolph Institute, an umbrella organization for black trade unions.This collection contains five small series that pertain to the life and career of Isaiah Bennett. 1.)...
Dates:
1932-2002
J. Arthur Brown papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1074
Abstract
J. Arthur Brown was born in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1914. After graduating from the Avery Institute in 1932, he continued his education at South Carolina State College in Orangeburg, SC, graduating in 1937. While at SCSC, Brown met his future wife MaeDe Esperanza Myers (1918-2012), marrying in 1940. The couple had three daughters: MaeDe Joenelle Gordon, Minerva King, and Dr. Millicent Brown; and one son, Myles Gregory Brown. He fathered a second son, Albert Wayne Gourdine, who was...
Dates:
1937-1989; Majority of material found within 1950-1988
Millicent E. Brown papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1003
Abstract
Millicent Ellison Brown (b. 1948) is an educator and civil rights activist. Born in Charleston to MaeDe and J. Arthur Brown, local and state president of NAACP (1955-1965), Brown, in 1963, replaced her older sister Minerva as the primary plaintiff in a NAACP-sponsored lawsuit (Millicent Brown vs. Charleston County School District #20).The collection consists of personal and professional documents, correspondence, and newspaper clippings relating to Millicent Brown's experience...
Dates:
1949-2023
James E. Campbell papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1113
Abstract
James E. Campbell (born 1925), an African-American educator and civil rights activist, worked as a teacher in Baltimore, Maryland; New York, New York; and Tanzania. He later became an administrator with the New York City public school system. Campbell also served as contributing editor for the journal Freedomways. Relocating after retirement, he became a community activist in Charleston, South Carolina and continued his involvement with educational...
Dates:
1930-2009
Charleston Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People records
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1117
Abstract
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was started on February 12, 1909, partly in response to the prevalence of lynching of African-Americans in America and the 1908 race riot that occurred in Springfield, Illinois. The Charleston Branch of the NAACP was founded in February 1917 by Edwin Harleston. The branch was established to advocate for the rights of African-Americans in South Carolina and Charleston. The Charleston NAACP serves as a space for...
Dates:
1920-1995, undated; Majority of material found within 1973-1994
"Charleston Hospital Workers' Strike" rough draft (photocopy)
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-102
Collection Overview
The paper is a typed rough draft with hand written corrections. It describes the Hospital workers' strike at the Medical College of South Carolina in 1969. The author is not identified, but a handwritten note reveals that the document was written in 1982. The paper discusses the role played by Mary Moultrie, the leader of the strike, and William McCord, the college president, in the strike. The strike was a protest by African-American, predominantly female, hospital workers for better...
Dates:
1982
Found in:
Special Collections
Civil Rights, 1984, 2003-2004
File — Box 51: Series Series 2, Folder: 10
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Holds correspondence, memorandums, reports, bills and resolutions, journals, manuals, legislative updates and various documents pertaining to the following included subseries: State of South Carolina General Assembly; Adminstrative Documents and Committee Appointments; Standing Committees of the South Carolina House of Representatives; General Assembly Joint Committees; Bills Authored/and/or Initiated by Whipper; Bills Co-Sponsored by Whipper; General Bills and Resolutions; Special...
Dates:
1984, 2003-2004
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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2.4.12: Legislative Materials: Subject Files
Septima P. Clark papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1000
Abstract
Septima Poinsette Clark (1898-1987) was born in Charleston, South Carolina to Peter Porcher Poinsette and Victoria Anderson. Clark attended small private schools and Avery Institute, getting a teacher's certificate in 1916. She married Nerie Clark (1889-1925) of North Carolina, a navy cook in 1920; they had one surviving child Nerie Clark, Jr. (born 1925). Clark received her BA from Benedict College in 1942 and an MA from Hampton Institute in 1946. She taught in various schools throughout...
Dates:
approximately 1910-1990
College of Charleston Library vertical file on civil rights
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-063
Collection Overview
The collection consists of materials gathered by the staff of the Robert Scott Small Library at the College of Charleston, South Carolina. It includes numerous documents published by state, federal, and private sources concerning "civil rights" in the United States.
Dates:
1973-2000
Found in:
Special Collections