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J. Arthur Brown papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1074
Abstract
J. Arthur Brown was born in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1914. After graduating from the Avery Institute in 1932, he continued his education at South Carolina State College in Orangeburg, SC, graduating in 1937. While at SCSC, Brown met his future wife MaeDe Esperanza Myers (1918-2012), marrying in 1940. The couple had three daughters: MaeDe Joenelle Gordon, Minerva King, and Dr. Millicent Brown; and one son, Myles Gregory Brown. Mr. Brown moved back to Charleston where he became a...
Dates:
1937-1989; Majority of material found within 1950-1988
Steve Estes papers
Collection
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
Cambridge Jenkins collection
Collection
Identifier: 30031
Abstract
Cambridge Jenkins, Jr., joined the Charleston Police Department in 1950, becoming one of the first African American policemen in the Department. With a promotion in 1955 he became the first African- American detective on that force. He joined the State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) in 1961. Detective Jenkins later returned to the Charleston Police Department until 1963. He was appointed as the first minority United State Deputy Marshall for the Southeastern District of South Carolina. He...
Dates:
1926 - 1994
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- Boycotts -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- 20th century 1
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- Civic leaders -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
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- Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 1
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- Segregation -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Segregation -- United States -- History 1
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- Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990 1
- Avery Normal Institute 1
- Bennett, Isaiah, 1926-2002 1
- Brown family 1
- Brown, J. Arthur, 1914-1988 1
- Brown, Millicent E. 1
- Charleston County (S.C.). Police Department 1
- Committee on Better Racial Assurance 1
- Cottonreader, R. B. 1
- Estes, Steve, 1972- 1
- Fink, Leon, 1948- 1
- Frazier, Herb, 1950- 1
- International Longshoremen's Association 1
- Jefferson, Jessie 1
- Jenkins, Cambridge, Jr. 1
- King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006 1
- Medical University of South Carolina 1
- Moultrie, Mary, 1943-2015 1
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Charleston Branch (Charleston, S.C.) 1
- Omega Psi Phi Fraternity 1
- Retail Drug Store Employees Union, Local 1199B (Charleston, S.C.) 1
- South Carolina State University 1
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference 1
- Voorhees College 1
- White, Naomi, 1925- 1
- Williams, Hosea, 1926-2000 1
- Young, Andrew, 1932- 1 + ∧ less
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