Whipper, B.J., Sr., 1982
Scope and Contents
Materials include sound recordings of 5 oral history interviews with J. Arthur Brown, John Cole, John H. McCray, B.J. Whipper, Sr., and Delbert Woods as well as the corresponding transcripts.
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
Benjamin James Whipper, Sr. discusses his involvement in the NAACP and voter registration efforts; his involvement with Ministerial Alliances; his thoughts on getting young people to vote; and, his thoughts on the conference.
The oral history is conducted by an unidentified person.
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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