South Carolina Voices of the Civil Rights Movement Conference Tape 13, 1982
Scope and Contents
The South Carolina Voices of the Civil Rights Movement Conference collection contains audio and video recordings of the 1982 conference and five oral history interviews. The conference hosted South Carolina community organizers and scholars to discuss the Civil Rights Movement in South Carolina with sessions on voting and political action, labor, education, the culture of the movement, the Highlander influence, the youth movement, civic and political action, and redress and protest.
The collection is arranged in three series which document the conference activities.
Series I: Conference Audio Recordings, 1982
Series II: Conference Video Recordings, 1982
Series III: Oral History Interviews, 1982, includes oral history interviews with South Carolina civil rights leaders like J. Arthur Brown, John Cole, John H. McCray, B.J. Whipper, Sr., and Delbert Woods.
Dates
- Creation: 1982
Creator
- From the Collection: Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture (Organization)
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research. A cassette player is required to listen to the audiocassette tapes. A cassette player will be made available to researchers in our reading room. The Avery Research Center does not currently have the technology to play the UCA60 videocassettes.
Full Extent
From the Collection: 1.42 linear feet (1 Hollinger box, 1 Paige carton, 13 UCA60 videocassettes, and 17 audiocassettes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Abstract
Recording includes the conclusion of the Redress and Protest panel moderated by Bobby Doctor (U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and former participant in the S.C. State College student movement) with Joe Brown, James Sulton (Orangeburg Bowling Alley, Dorothy Ann Richards (Charleston Incident "We'll Never Turn Back" exhibit), and Armand Derfner (Civil Rights Attorney) as well comments from Bobby Doctor on the Youth Movement.
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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