Jean Claude Bouffard Civil Rights Interviews
Scope and Contents
The Jean-Claude Bouffard Civil Rights Interviews collection, 1982, contains oral history interviews with Septima Clark, Mary Moultrie, and Bernice Robinson as well as recordings of lectures that Septima Clark and Thomas R. Waring, Jr. gave to Bouffard's College of Charleston class in the summer of 1982. Participants discuss a wide range of topics including their family history and upbringing, their involvement in the Civil Rights Movement and organizing with the Charleston Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Highlander Folk School, Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), African American leaders like Martin Luther King, Jr., Kwame Ture (Stokley Carmichael), Ralph Abernathy, and Jesse Jackson, segregation in Charleston and, more broadly, in education, and the 1969 Hospital Workers Strike.
More information about the contents of each oral history or lecture can be found within the abstract at the file-level of each recording.
Dates
- Creation: 1982
Creator
- Bouffard, Jean Claude (Person)
Access Restrictions
No restrictions. A cassette player will be made available to researchers in the Avery Research Center's Reading Room to listen to the audiocassettes.
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Biographical Note
Jean Claude Bouffard, a French professor from Sorbonne University, taught a 1982 summer class on the Civil Rights Movement at the College of Charleston as a visiting professor. Bouffard's research interests centered on Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life and legacy as well as the development of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.
Full Extent
.209 linear feet (1 narrow document box and 5 audiocassettes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Jean Claude Bouffard Civil Rights interviews collection, 1982, contains five oral history interviews with Septima Clark, Mary Moultrie, and Bernice Robinson as well as recordings of lectures that Septima Clark and Thomas R. Waring, Jr. gave to Bouffard's College of Charleston class in the summer of 1982. Participants discuss a wide range of topics including their family history and upbringing, their involvement in the Civil Rights Movement and organizing, African American leaders during and after the Civil Rights Movement, segregation in Charleston and, more broadly, in education, and the 1969 Hospital Workers Strike.
Arrangement
The oral history interviews and class lectures are arranged alphabetically by last name at the file-level.
Existence and Location of Copies
Excerpts of the transcripts from Septima Clark's oral histories can be accessed through the University of South Carolina's "Champions of Civil and Human Rights in South Carolina" digital exhibit. The original recordings and full transcripts are held by the Avery Research Center.
Processing Information
Funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation supported the processing of this collection and the creation of this finding aid.
Subject
- Robinson, Bernice, 1914-1994 (Person)
- Clark, Septima Poinsette, 1898-1987 (Person)
- Moultrie, Mary, 1943-2015 (Person)
- Waring, Thomas R. (Person)
- Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.) (Organization)
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Charleston Branch (Charleston, S.C.) (Organization)
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference (Organization)
- Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 (Person)
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 (Person)
Genre / Form
Occupation
Topical
- African American civil rights workers -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century
- African American nurses -- South Carolina -- Charleston
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- South Carolina -- Charleston
- Civil rights demonstrations
- Civil rights movements -- South Carolina -- Charleston
- Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969
- Segregation in education -- South Carolina -- History
- Voter registration -- Southern states
- Title
- Inventory of Jean Claude Bouffard Civil Rights Interviews 1982 AMN 1204
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Nate Hubler
- Date
- February 2026
- Description rules
- Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English
- Sponsor
- Funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation supported the processing of this collection and the creation of this finding aid.
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
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