Box 2

Scope and Contents Letters with photocopied newspaper clippings from January to July 1955. Topics include Cornwell assisting Joseph Arthur Brown with Charleston NAACP; the passing of Walter White; attending publisher Max Schuster's party, meeting General E.L.M. Burns his involvement in the "Gaza Situation," and political columnist William S. White; comments on Alan Paton and Marion Wright regarding their lack of interaction with Blacks, requesting Cornwell and Septima Clark to join the Southern Regional...

Scope and Contents Letters with photocopied newspaper clippings from August to December 1955. Topics include Septima Clark and her affiliation with the Highlander Folk School; concern over Hurricanes Connie and Diane; meeting with Carl Rowan; discussing Kenneth Clark's book, Prejudice and Your Child; thoughts on Emmett Till's murder; failed attempts in contacting Joseph Arthur Brown; Elizabeth accusing Cornwell and Clark of supporting weak Negro leadership; and Judge Waring's telephone conversations with Rev....

Scope and Contents Letters with photocopied newspaper clippings from January to May 1956. Topics include conversations with Alan Paton; praising Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.; talking to Roy Wilkins about Charleston; Autherine Lucy's case regarding admission to Alabama University; comments on attending League for Industrial Democracy conference honoring A. Philip Randolph was honored; Waring's dismay regarding apathy in the Charleston's Black community; concern regarding Septima Clark; Elizabeth's health...

Scope and Contents Letters with photocopied newspaper clippings from June to December 1956. Topics include Septima Clark dismissal from Charleston County School District; talking to Ralph Bunche; visit from Maude Veal discussing her husband's assignment as Allen University's President; Septima Clark working on John's Island for the Highlander Folk School; supporting Roy Wilkins work with the N.A.A.C.P; Thurgood Marshall; meeting with Marion Wright; attending Ralph Bunche daughter's wedding reception; telephone...

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Letters with photocopied newspaper clippings from January to July 1957. Topics include comments regarding The Amsterdam News with articles written by Hicks; Septima Clark in Knoxville, TN with Highlander; thoughts on newscaster Mike Wallace; involvement with League for Mutual Aid; growing concerns over Elizabeth's health; opinion regarding evangelist Billy Graham; thoughts on "communism conspiracy"; opinion on Rufus Clement regarding Negro Rights; meeting with Ralph Bunche.

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Letters with photocopied newspaper clippings from Aug to Dec 1957. Topics include comments on W.E.B. DuBois; Maude Veal; Kenneth Clark; imploring Cornwell to accept invitation from the Southern Regional Council.