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Septima P. Clark papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1000
Abstract
Septima Poinsette Clark (1898-1987) was born in Charleston, South Carolina to Peter Porcher Poinsette and Victoria Anderson. Clark attended small private schools and Avery Institute, getting a teacher's certificate in 1916. She married Nerie Clark (1889-1925) of North Carolina, a navy cook in 1920; they had one surviving child Nerie Clark, Jr. (born 1925). Clark received her BA from Benedict College in 1942 and an MA from Hampton Institute in 1946. She taught in various schools throughout...
Dates:
approximately 1910-1990
Mamie E. Garvin Fields papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1023
Abstract
Mamie Elizabeth Garvin Fields (1888-1987) was an African-American educator, civic and religious activist born in Charleston, South Carolina. Fields was an influential leader in the South Carolina African-American women's club movement. A culmination of Fields' life is detailed in her memoir, Lemon Swamp and Other Places, co-written with her granddaughter, Karen Fields.The majority of the collection details Fields' involvement with the National...
Dates:
1894-1987; Majority of material found within 1945-1985
Bernice Robinson papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1018
Abstract
Bernice Violanthe Robinson (1914-1994) was born in Charleston, South Carolina to James C. and Martha Elizabeth Robinson. She was a cosmetologist, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Secretary and Chairperson of Membership, Highlander's first Citizenship School teacher for adult education on John's Island, South Carolina. She held political education and voter registration workshops in Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, and other southern states for the...
Dates:
1920-1989; Majority of material found within 1950-1989
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- African American politicians 1
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- African American women -- Social conditions 1
- African American women -- South Carolina -- Societies and clubs 1
- African American women teachers 1
- African Americans -- Civil rights 1
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- Charleston (S.C.) -- Race relations 1
- Civil rights -- Societies, etc. 1
- Civil rights movements -- Southern States 1
- Civil rights workers -- United States 1
- Daufuskie Island (S.C.) -- Social conditions 1
- Day care centers -- South Carolina -- Yonges Island 1
- Education -- South Carolina -- Edisto Island 1
- Education -- South Carolina -- Wadmalaw Island 1
- Functional literacy -- United States 1
- Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 1
- James Island (S.C.) -- History -- 20th century 1
- Johns Island (S.C. : Island) -- Economic conditions 1
- Literacy -- South Carolina -- History 1
- Political action committees -- South Carolina 1
- South Carolina -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century 1
- Southern States -- Race relations 1
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- Bethel United Methodist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 2
- Carawan, Candie 2
- Carawan, Guy 2
- Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.) 2
- Horton, Myles, 1905-1990 2
- Jenkins, Esau, 1910-1972 2
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 2
- Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005 2
- Robinson, Bernice, 1914-1994 2
- South Carolina Federation of Colored Women's Clubs 2
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference 2
- Williams, Hosea, 1926-2000 2
- Young, Andrew, 1932- 2
- Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990 1
- Allen University 1
- Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 1
- Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955 1
- Blacks United for Action 1
- Blake, J. Herman 1
- Butler, Susan Dart, 1888-1959 1
- Carmichael, Stokely, 1941-1998 1
- Carson, Josephine, 1919- 1
- Centenary United Methodist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
- Charleston County School District 1
- Citizens' Committee of Charleston (Charleston, S.C.) 1
- Clyburn, James 1
- Community Action Program (U.S.) 1
- Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963 1
- Fields, Alfred B. 1
- Fields, Karen E. (Karen Elise), 1945- 1
- Fields, Mamie E. Garvin, 1888-1987 1
- Hamer, Fannie Lou 1
- Highlander Research and Education Center (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1
- Horton, Zilphia, 1910-1956 1
- IDEAS (Firm : Washington, D.C.) 1
- Jackson, Jesse, 1941- 1
- King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006 1
- Lewis, John, 1940-2020 1
- Marion Birnie Wilkinson Home for Girls (Cayce, S.C.) 1
- Methodist Church (U.S.). South Carolina Conference 1
- Murray, Albertha J., 1889-1969 1
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Charleston Branch (Charleston, S.C.) 1
- Palfi, Marion, 1907-1978 1
- Penn Community Services 1
- Ravenel, Charles Dufort, 1938- 1
- Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority 1
- South Carolina Commission for Farm Workers 1
- Southern Regional Council 1
- United Methodist Church (U.S.) 1
- United Methodist Women (U.S.). South Carolina Conference 1
- United States Commission on Civil Rights. South Carolina Advisory Committee 1
- Volunteers in Service to America 1
- Voorhees College 1
- Waring, Elizabeth 1
- Waring, Julius Waties, 1880-1968 1
- Wilkinson, Marion Birnie, 1873-1956 1
- Yonges Island Day Care Center (S.C.) 1 ∧ less
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