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Avery photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1112
Dates: approximately 1890s-2012

Graves family papers

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Identifier: AMN 1081
Abstract The Graves family of Charleston, South Carolina, was an African American family consisting largely of educators and Avery Institute graduates. James R. B. Graves, Jr. (1883-1969), a Pullman porter and union member of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, married Rose Laura Winds (1890-1978) in 1915. Together, they raised five children: J. Michael, Pauline, Annette, Robert, and Eugene. J. Michael Graves (1915-1996), a Class of 1932 graduate of the Avery Institute, was an educator and...
Dates: 1884-2004

South Carolina Rosenwald Schools collection

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Identifier: AMN 1152
Abstract The Rosenwald Schools Initiative was founded by Tuskegee Institute founder, Booker T. Washington and Sears and Roebuck Co. president, Julius Rosenwald in 1912. Washington saw the need to build schools for African Americans, particularly in rural areas across the South and Rosenwald was looking for a charitable opportunity to support and expressed interest in the plight of the Black community. Although Washington passed away in late 1915, the Rosenwald Fund went on to support the creation of...
Dates: 1912-2005, undated

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Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 1
Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 -- Photographs 1
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Avery Normal Institute 2
Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture 1
Avery Research Center 1
Bonds-Wilson High School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 1