3. Civic Involvement, 1949-1974

Includes materials relating to Reverend John T. Enwright's civic involvement, mostly in Charleston, South Carolina. Enwright was involved in a number of youth-oriented community organizations, including the Shaw Community Center, of which he was director, and the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), and worked to address issues of juvenile delinquency within the city. Social action affiliations include the Concerned Clergy Committee, the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance, the Political Action Committee, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Interested in economic security, he was an active member of the Economic Opportunity Commission and co-founder of Community Organization Federal Credit Union. Also included are materials relating to the South Carolina Council on Human Relations and South Carolina Commission for Farm Workers, Inc.