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Most letters are to Elizabeth Waring thanking her for personal gifts and for her and the Judge's inspiring contributions to the cause of civil rights. There are mentions of troubles with integrating the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), the poor behavior of black voters in the Morrison/Wallace democratic primary in Charleston, troubles in the local NAACP chapter, and much material on social and family life.

Scope and Contents note Includes mention of their civil rights activities and views and thanking Mrs. Waring and the Judge for theirs; with one copy of a letter from the Judge. Topics include problems with Charleston YWCA, NAACP and Shaw Center; racist policies of local newspaper News and Courier, the looming court decision of the Clarendon case, and changing behaviors in the city of Charleston while blacks demand more rights. Later letters of Clark describe the writing of her autobiography,...

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Regarding various civil rights issues, with mentions of the Warings.

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Includes complaint, answer, and interrogatories by defendants of legal case in District Court of US, Eastern District of South Carolina, Charleston Division, civil action file number 2657. The class action case was bringing suit over the unequal nature of African American schools and facilities in the segregated era.

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The case involves African American John Wrighten's being denied admission to University of South Carolina's law school due to his race; with copy of Thurgood Marshall's pleading that the state's plan to create a separate law school for African Americans does not create an equal learning opportunity. Civil Action 1670 in District Court of the US, Eastern District of South Carolina, Columbia Division