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News and Courier, 1968 January 12-1969 February 27

 File — Box: 16, Folder: 1

Scope and Contents

Holds newspaper clippings about African Americans education and schools, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), segregation/integration issues, race relations, employment, politics, voting, housing, places, and events in Charleston and South Carolina state, with Drago's handwritten article annotations on index cards. Includes articles on: "Waties Waring, Former US Judge Here, Dies," 12 January; Events leading to the Orangeburg Massacre: "Negro Boycott Set In Orangeburg," 12 February-21 December 1968; "Task Force Urges Towns to Form Bi-Racial Groups," 23 February; Esau "Jenkins Gets Post With Church Group," 4 April; Charleston Area Community Relations "Committee Hopes to Better Relations Between Races," 3 May; The Committee's declaration, "The Challenge of Reconciliation," 9 June; "Negro South Carolinians Have Achieved," features Josh White, Leo Twiggs, Dr. Benjamin Payton, Joe Frazier and Eartha Kitt, 30 June; "Negro Lawyers Note 'Tremendous Improvement,'" features F. Henderson Moore and George A. Payton, Jr., 21 July; "Esau Jenkins Engineers Changes for Negro People," 28 July; Governor Sprio T. "Agnew Picks Charleston Native," regarding Frank A. DeCosta, 17 August; "Plans for College (of Charleston) Called 'Act of Cultural Barbarism,'" 6 September; James E. "Clyburn Reaffirmed in Post After Heated Board Meeting," 15 November; Regarding the Medical College of South Carolina, "Hospital Workers' Efforts to Meet With McCord Fail," 23 November 1968-27 February 1969.

Dates

  • Creation: 1968 January 12-1969 February 27

Creator

Access Restrictions

No restrictions.

Extent

From the Collection: 15.25 linear feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture Repository

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Charleston South Carolina 29424 United States
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