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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

Esther Kaplan Pivnick collection

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Identifier: AMN 1138
Abstract Esther Kaplan Pivnick (1913-2001), a former patternmaker from New York, retired on Johns Island, South Carolina in the mid-1970s. Along with historian Elizabeth "Betty" Stringfellow, she embarked on an ambitious project to write an inclusive history of Johns Island, (the largest Sea Island in South Carolina, approximately thirty miles south of Charleston), and incorporating the adjoining islands of Edisto, Wadmalaw, Kiawah and Seabrook. Their goal was to write a "peoples'...
Dates: 1663-2000, undated; Majority of material found within 1863-1999

William "Bill" Saunders papers

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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

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African Americans -- Civil rights -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 20th century 2
Education -- South Carolina -- Johns Island (Island) 2
Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 2
Johns Island (S.C. : Island) -- Economic conditions 2
African American cemeteries -- South Carolina 1
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African American churches -- South Carolina -- Johns Island (Island) 1
African American civic leaders -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American political activists -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American radio stations -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American women -- Social conditions 1
African American women -- South Carolina -- Societies and clubs 1
African American women teachers 1
African Americans -- Civil rights 1
African Americans -- Education 1
African Americans -- Politics and government -- 20th century 1
African Americans -- Sea Islands -- Social life and customs 1
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 20th century 1
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Johns Island (Island) -- History -- 20th century 1
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Johns Island (Island) -- Social life and customs 1
Charleston (S.C.) -- History -- 20th century 1
Charleston (S.C.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century 1
Civic leaders -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Civil rights workers -- United States 1
Community health services -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Community health services -- South Carolina -- Johns Island (Island) 1
Daufuskie Island (S.C.) -- Social conditions 1
Edisto Island (S.C.) -- History 1
Freed persons -- Education -- South Carolina 1
Johns Island (S.C. : Island) -- History -- 19th century 1
Johns Island (S.C. : Island) -- History -- 20th century 1
Kiawah Island (S.C.) -- History 1
Literacy -- South Carolina -- History 1
Nonprofit organizations -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 20th century 1
Nonprofit organizations -- South Carolina -- Johns Island (Island) -- 20th century 1
Political action committees -- South Carolina 1
Sea Islands -- Social conditions 1
Seabrook Island (S.C.) -- History 1
Social action -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- 20th century 1
South Carolina -- History 1
South Carolina -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century 1
South Carolina -- Social conditions -- 19th century 1
Wadmalaw Island (S.C.) -- History 1
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