Washington, McKinley, Jr., September 24, 2004
Scope and Contents
The South Carolina Civil and Human Rights Anthology contains eighteen oral history interviews conducted by the Avery Research Center. Participants discuss their family history and their involvement in organizing and activism work in South Carolina. Topics discussed include labor organizing and labor strikes, demonstrations during the Civil Rights Movement such as sit-ins and marches, voter registration and voter turnout efforts, the Orangeburg Massacre, and the nature of civil and human rights organizing following the Civil Rights Movement. More information about the contents of each oral history can be found in the file-level abstract for each interview.
The oral histories are arranged in two series according to the year the interview took place. Within each series, oral histories are arranged alphabetically by last name at the file-level. Transcripts do not currently exist for the oral histories in series 2. Oral History Interivews, 2007, and work to create them is ongoing.
Series I: Oral History Interviews, 2004
Series II: Oral History Interviews, 2007
Dates
- Creation: September 24, 2004
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions to this collection; however, a cassette player is required to listen to the audiocassette tapes. A cassette player will be made available to researchers in our reading room.
Full Extent
From the Collection: .417 linear feet (1 Hollinger box and 19 audiocassettes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Abstract
Rev. McKinley Washington Jr. discusses his family history; his attendance at Johnson C. Smith University and his involvement with voter registration drives and student demonstrations like sit-ins; his involvement in the 1969 Hospital Workers Strike; his involvement in the Poor People's Campaign; organizing the Edisto Branch of the NAACP; the fight to end segregated state parks in South Carolina; Ku Klux Klan (KKK) rallies and violence; his relationship with Esau Jenkins; his campaigns to be a South Carolina State Representative and political career; his affiliation with the United Presbyterian church; and the ways segregation has persisted and how he sees the conditions of today changing.
The oral history is conducted by Dr. Felice F. Knight.
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