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Esau Jenkins papers, 1963-2003

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1004
Abstract Esau Jenkins (1910-1972) was born and raised on Johns Island, South Carolina. With very little formal education, he became a businessman and civil rights leader.The collection contains biographical papers, correspondence, writings, and information about his affliations, including the Progressive Club, Citizen's Committee of Charleston, Community Organization Credit Union, Political Action Committee of Charleston County, Political Awareness League of Charleston County, and the...
Dates: 1963-2003

John C. Ruoff papers

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Identifier: AMN 1027
Abstract John Carl Ruoff (born 1948) received a Ph.D. in History from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1976, specializing in social and cultural history of the 19th century American South. Starting in 1987, he has worked as Executive and then Research Director for South Carolina Fair Share, a civil rights advocacy group, providing statistical and demographic technical assistance and support to community groups. He has also provided policy analysis and advocacy on consumer, utility,...
Dates: 1972-2002

William "Bill" Saunders papers

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Identifier: AMN 1100
Abstract William (Bill) Saunders, was an organizer and lead negotiator of the Charleston Hospital Stike of 1969. In 1970, Saunders established the Committee on Better Racial Assurance (COBRA) to address race-related community problems and provide assistance to community members in need. He also operated the AM radio station WPAL from 1972-1998. This collection includes materials relating to the personal and professional life of Saunders. A very small portion of the papers contains...
Dates: approximately 1950-2004

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African Americans -- Civil rights -- South Carolina -- Charleston 5
Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 5
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Civil rights movements -- United States 3
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African Americans -- Suffrage -- South Carolina 2
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Civil rights 2
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Race discrimination -- South Carolina -- History 2
School integration -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 2
Segregation -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
South Carolina -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century 2
African American businesspeople -- South Carolina 1
African American businesspeople -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American civic leaders -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American civil rights workers 1
African American civil rights workers -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century 1
African American civil rights workers -- United States 1
African American college teachers 1
African American dentists 1
African American labor union members -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American police -- South Carolina -- Charleston County -- Biography 1
African American political activists -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American radio stations -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
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African American universities and colleges 1
African American women -- Social conditions 1
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African American women teachers 1
African American youth 1
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African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
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African Americans in medicine -- South Carolina 1
Apportionment (Election law) -- South Carolina 1
Boycotts -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- 20th century 1
Bus lines -- South Carolina 1
Charleston (S.C.) -- History -- 20th century 1
Charleston (S.C.) -- Race relations 1
Charleston (S.C.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century 1
Charleston County (S.C.) -- Race relations 1
Charleston County (S.C.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century 1
Civil Rights Attorney’s Fees Awards Act of 1976 1
Civil rights lawyers -- South Carolina 1
Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- Greenwood 1
Civil rights movements -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Civil rights workers -- United States 1
Class actions (Civil procedure) -- South Carolina 1
Community health services -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Community health services -- South Carolina -- Johns Island (Island) 1
Constitutional law -- South Carolina 1
Courts -- South Carolina 1
Daufuskie Island (S.C.) -- Social conditions 1
Discrimination in employment -- United States 1
Education -- South Carolina -- Johns Island (Island) 1
Election districts -- South Carolina 1
Elections 1
Electric utilities -- Deregulation -- United States 1
Factories -- Employees -- Labor unions -- South Carolina 1
Insurance -- South Carolina 1
Johns Island (S.C. : Island) -- Economic conditions 1
Johns Island (S.C. : Island) -- History -- 20th century 1
Legal assistance to the poor -- South Carolina 1
Literacy -- South Carolina -- History 1
Literacy tests (Election law) -- South Carolina 1
Newborn infants -- Effect of drugs on 1
Nonprofit organizations -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 20th century 1
Nonprofit organizations -- South Carolina -- Johns Island (Island) -- 20th century 1
Police-community relations -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Poor People’s Campaign 1
Practical nursing 1
Pressure groups 1
Rape in marriage 1
Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968 1
School integration 1
School integration -- South Carolina 1
Sea Islands -- Social conditions 1
Segregation -- United States -- History 1
Segregation in education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Social action -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- 20th century 1
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Names
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Charleston Branch (Charleston, S.C.) 3
Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990 2
Bennett, Isaiah, 1926-2002 2
Brown family 2
Brown, J. Arthur, 1914-1988 2
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Brown, Millicent E. 2
Citizens' Committee of Charleston (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Committee on Better Racial Assurance 2
Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.) 2
International Longshoremen's Association 2
Jenkins, Esau, 1910-1972 2
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006 2
Saunders, William, 1935- 2
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 2
United States Commission on Civil Rights. South Carolina Advisory Committee 2
Voorhees College 2
Waring, Elizabeth 2
Waring, Julius Waties, 1880-1968 2
Williams, Hosea, 1926-2000 2
Young, Andrew, 1932- 2
A. Philip Randolph Institute 1
Alexander, Camille D. 1
Allen University 1
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 1
American Civil Liberties Union 1
American Civil Liberties Union of South Carolina 1
American Tobacco Company 1
Avery Normal Institute 1
Avery Research Center 1
Bennett College (Greensboro, N.C.) 1
Bethel United Methodist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Blacks United for Action 1
Blake, J. Herman 1
Brown, MaeDe E. M., 1918-2012 1
Carawan, Candie 1
Carawan, Guy 1
Carmichael, Stokely, 1941-1998 1
Carson, Josephine, 1919- 1
Carter, Rosalynn 1
Charleston Area Community Relations Committee (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Charleston County (S.C.). Police Department 1
Charleston County School District 1
Charleston County School District No. 20 (S.C.) 1
Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina 1
Clark, Septima Poinsette, 1898-1987 1
College of Charleston 1
College of Charleston. Governor's School 1
Community Organization Credit Union 1
Cornwell, Ruby Pendergrass, 1902-2003 1
Cottonreader, R. B. 1
Dabbs, James McBride, 1896-1970 1
Derfner, Armand 1
Duckett, Dewey M., 1900-1964 1
Duckett, Dewey M., 1929-2012 1
Estes, Steve, 1972- 1
Fink, Leon, 1948- 1
Florida State University 1
Frazier, Herb, 1950- 1
Guilford College 1
Horton, Myles, 1905-1990 1
Horton, Zilphia, 1910-1956 1
Howard University 1
International Longshoremen's Association. Local 1422 (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Jackson, Jesse, 1941- 1
Jefferson, Jessie 1
Jenkins family 1
Jenkins, Cambridge, Jr. 1
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 1
Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993 1
Medical University of South Carolina 1
Moultrie, Mary, 1943-2015 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Freedom Fund Program 1
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University 1
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity 1
Palmetto Medical, Dental, and Pharmaceutical Association 1
Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005 1
Penn Community Services 1
Political Action Committee of Charleston County (Charleston County, S.C.) 1
Progressive Club (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Retail Drug Store Employees Union, Local 1199B (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union. Local 15-A (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Riley, Richard W. (Richard Wilson) 1
Rivers High School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Robinson, Bernice, 1914-1994 1
Ruoff, John Carl, 1948- 1
South Carolina Council on Human Relations 1
South Carolina Electric & Gas Company 1
South Carolina Electric & Gas Company. Transit Department 1
South Carolina Fair Share 1
South Carolina Federation of Colored Women's Clubs 1
South Carolina State University 1
United States (Title of work: Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Awards Act of 1976) 1
United States (Title of work: Voting Rights Act of 1965) 1
United Way of America 1
White, Naomi, 1925- 1
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