Letters from Septima Clark and Ruby Cornwell mostly to Mrs. Elizabeth Waring, 1952-1955 and 1962-1964, 1952--1964

Includes mention of their civil rights activities and views and thanking Mrs. Waring and the Judge for theirs; with one copy of a letter from the Judge. Topics include problems with Charleston YWCA, NAACP and Shaw Center; racist policies of local newspaper News and Courier, the looming court decision of the Clarendon case, and changing behaviors in the city of Charleston while blacks demand more rights. Later letters of Clark describe the writing of her autobiography, detail her work for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, working with staff like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to increase voter registration; and her thoughts on the personal life and habits of Thurgood Marshall.