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Reverend John T. Enwright papers

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Identifier: AMN 1087
Abstract Reverend John Thomas Enwright (1904-1975), an African American minister, served the congregation at Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ in Charleston, South Carolina from 1949 to 1974. A public figure as well as a religious leader, Enwright was also heavily involved in Charleston-area community organizations.The collection documents Reverend Enwright's personal life, ministerial work, and civic involvement from the 1930s to 1975. Personal papers document Enwright's...
Dates: 1884-1975

Steve Estes papers

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Identifier: AMN 1055
Abstract

The collection consists of primary and secondary sources used by Steve Estes to write his master’s thesis drawing comparison from the Memphis sanitation workers’ strike of 1968 and Charleston Hospital workers’ strike of 1969. Estes interviewed people who were closely associated with these movements and also consists of an analysis of newspaper clippings that capture these movements.

Dates: 1967-1996

Herb Frazier papers

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Identifier: AMN 1088
Abstract Herb Frazier, an African American journalist based in the Lowcountry, has reported and edited for various newspapers in South Carolina and elsewhere since 1972. Frazier has been active in professional journalism associations and in education initiatives for minority journalism.The collection includes materials related to the personal and professional life of Herb Frazier. A small portion of the collection contains biographical, educational, and other personal information. The...
Dates: 1972-2006

Lissa D'Aquisto Felzer's Charleston "Freedman's Cottage" project collection

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Identifier: AMN 1140
Abstract Lissa D'Aquisto Felzer is a former Senior Preservation Planner for the City of Charleston and adjunct professor with the College of Charleston. This collection contains final reports from Professor Felzer's course, "Researching Historic Properties" (ARTH-290) taught at the College of Charleston in 2006. Students were assigned to write detailed property histories of houses identified as "Freedman's cottages." The property histories are derived from a variety of documents: deeds and indices;...
Dates: 2006

Virginia Geraty papers

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Identifier: AMN 1123
Abstract Virginia Mixson Geraty (1915-2004) was born in Summerville, South Carolina to Edward Miles Mixson and his wife Ethel Sarah Ray Mixson. Geraty attended Immaculate Catholic School at Hendersonville, North Carolina, where her family lived during part of her childhood. After the passing of her younger brother and father, Geraty and her family moved to Yonges Island, South Carolina. It was there on the island that Geraty became interested in Gullah, when she heard it being spoken by a family...
Dates: 1915-2007; Majority of material found within 1978-2004

Lonnie Hamilton III papers

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Identifier: AMN 1096
Abstract Lonnie Hamilton, III was a musician, educator, and community leader. Notably, Hamilton was the first African American to serve on the Charleston County Council.The collection includes material related to Hamilton's personal life and professional career as an educator, musician, and Charleston County Councilman. The material in the personal series includes feature articles on his life, his involvement with community organizations including Spoleto Festival, U.S.A., and political...
Dates: 1950-2001

Esau Jenkins papers, 1963-2003

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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

Charleston S.C. Chapter of The Links, Incorporated papers

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Identifier: AMN 1016
Abstract The Charleston South Carolina Chapter is part of the Links, Incorporated, a historically African-American national women's service organization committed to educational, cultural, and civic activities. The organization was founded in Philadelphia, PA in 1946; the Charleston chapter was organized in 1951. The collection consists of organizational and administrative records detailing civic and club activities of the Charleston Chapter of the Links focusing on their four program facets:...
Dates: 1951-2010; Majority of material found within 1962-2005

James Logan scrapbooks

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Identifier: AMN 1010
Abstract James Raymond Logan (1874-1958) was the first native Charlestonian to receive a civil service appointment for work at the Charleston Navy Yard, and was the first African American appointee. Logan also directed Logan's Military Band and the choirs of Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church and Zion Presbyterian Church.This collection includes newspaper clippings, programs, photographs and correspondence that originally comprised two scrapbooks (now disbound) created by James Raymond...
Dates: 1896-1961

Millicent E. Brown collection of the Somebody Had To Do It Project

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Identifier: AMN 1148
Abstract The Somebody Had to Do It (SHTDI) Project brought to Claflin University in 2008, under the auspices of the Jonathan Jasper Wright Institute for the Study of Southern African-American History, Culture and Policy. This initiative was designed as a multi-disciplinary research project to identify the “first children” who “sacrificed their youth” in implementing the Brown vs. Board of Education decision of 1954. After the creation of a database identifying the names,...
Dates: 2003-2013, and undated; Majority of material found within 2006 - 2013

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Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 8
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financial records 3
African American band directors -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
African American churches 2
African American clergy -- 20th century -- Photographs 2
African American fraternal organizations 2
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African American women -- South Carolina -- Societies and clubs 2
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African American youth 2
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awards 2
certificates 2
clippings (information artifacts) 2
essays 2
sermons 2
speeches (documents) 2
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Adolescence 1
Affirmative Action programs 1
African American Congregationalists 1
African American History Month 1
African American Muslims -- 20th century -- Photographs 1
African American Muslims -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American artisans -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American arts -- 20th century -- Exhibitions 1
African American business enterprises -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American businesspeople -- South Carolina 1
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African American freemasonry 1
African American freemasons -- 20th century -- Photographs 1
African American freemasons -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American jazz musicians -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American journalists -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American labor union members -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American librarians -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American men 1
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African American newspapers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American political activists -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American politicians 1
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African American radio stations -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American religious leaders 1
African American schools -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Charleston Branch (Charleston, S.C.) 5
Charleston County School District 4
Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.) 4
Avery Normal Institute 3
Avery Research Center 3
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Jenkins, Esau, 1910-1972 3
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006 3
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 3
Whipper, Lucille, 1928-2021 3
Williams, Hosea, 1926-2000 3
Young, Andrew, 1932- 3
Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990 2
Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture 2
Benedict College 2
Bennett, Isaiah, 1926-2002 2
Bethel United Methodist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Carawan, Candie 2
Carawan, Guy 2
Charleston County Council 2
Citizens' Committee of Charleston (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Clark, Septima Poinsette, 1898-1987 2
Clyburn, James 2
Frazier, Herb, 1950- 2
Horton, Myles, 1905-1990 2
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 2
Medical University of South Carolina 2
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 2
Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005 2
Robinson, Bernice, 1914-1994 2
Saunders, William, 1935- 2
Whipper, Benjamin James, 1912-1998 2
Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A 2
A. Philip Randolph Institute 1
African American Education and Research Organization 1
African Methodist Episcopal Church 1
Allen University 1
Alliance for Concerned Citizens 1
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 1
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Gamma Xi Omega Chapter (Charleston, S.C.) 1
American Missionary Association 1
American Tobacco Company 1
Amistad Research Center 1
Amos-Frazier, Marjorie, 1926-2010 1
Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America 1
Atlanta University 1
Baker, Frazier B., -1898 1
Baptist Education Center Foundation (North Charleston, S.C.) 1
Baptist Educational & Missionary Convention of South Carolina 1
Baptist Ministers' Wives and Ministers' Widows of Charleston County (S.C.) 1
Battery, The, Charleston, S.C. 1
Beecher Congregational Church (New Orleans, La.) 1
Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments 1
Blacks United for Action 1
Blake, J. Herman 1
Boags Modern Arts Photography Studio 1
Boags, Walter N., 1917-1997 1
Bonds-Wilson High School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Breeland, Floyd F., 1933-2020 1
Bronseaux, Anna Pierre Dart, 1896-1978 1
Bronseaux, Beverly 1
Brown, Millicent E. 1
Butler, Nathaniel 1
Butler, Susan Dart, 1888-1959 1
Carmichael, Stokely, 1941-1998 1
Carson, Josephine, 1919- 1
Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 1
Carter, Rosalynn 1
Charity Baptist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Charleston (S.C.). City Council 1
Charleston Area Community Relations Committee (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Charleston County Baptist Association (S.C.) 1
Charleston County Legislative Delegation 1
Charleston Naval Shipyard 1
Charleston Normal and Industrial School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Chisholm, Shirley, 1924-2005 1
Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina 1
Claflin University 1
Coards Studio 1
Coards, Joseph 1
Coards, Rachel 1
College of Charleston 1
Committee on Better Racial Assurance 1
Community Action Program (U.S.) 1
Community Organization Credit Union 1
Community Organization Federal Credit Union. 1
Concerned Clergy Committee (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Cornwell, Ruby Pendergrass, 1902-2003 1
Cottonreader, R. B. 1
Crum, William Demos, 1859-1912 1
Curry, Constance, 1933- 1
Dart family 1
Dart, John Lewis, 1854-1915 1
Dart, Julia Pierre 1
Dart, William 1
Dart, William Andrews 1
DeCosta, Emily, 1923-2011 1
DeReef family 1
DeReef, Joseph, 1802-1876 1
DeReef, Richard Edward, 1798-1876 1
Delfin, Wilfred 1
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