Legal Documents, 1959-1963
Scope and Contents
Materials include an authorization of an autopsy of Frank Brown who was killed by police during a traffic stop with J. Arthur Brown as a Witness to the document’s signing; 1954 Policies and Procedures of School District 20, the petition for Minerva Brown vs. County of Charleston School District 20, a temporary restraining order placed on NAACP in Charleston including on I. DeQuincy Newman, J. Arthur Brown, George Kline, B. J. Glover, F. D. Dawson, F. O. Pharr, Douglass Parks, B. J. Cooper, Herbert U. Fielding, Esau Jenkins, N. E. Blake, Robert A. Taylor, Jr., Christopher Gadsden, Jr., and James G. Blake; and J. Arthur Brown’s affidavit in the case of Brown vs. South Carolina State Forestry Commission.
Dates
- Creation: 1959-1963
Access Restrictions
No restrictions
Extent
From the Collection: 14.63 linear feet (14 full Hollinger boxes, 4 half Hollinger boxes, 4 oversize boxes, and 2 shallow lid boxes.)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture Repository
125 Bull Street
Charleston South Carolina 29424 United States
843-953-7608
averyresearchcenter@cofc.edu