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Cambridge Jenkins papers

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Identifier: AMN 1173
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 Marshal for the Southeastern District of South Carolina. He...
Dates: 1946-1994

Esau Jenkins papers

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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

Harriet McBryde Johnson papers

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Identifier: Mss 0156
Abstract Writings, working files, diplomas, awards, recognitions, memorials, and audiovisual materials of Harriet McBryde Johnson. Materials document Johnson's disability and civil rights advocacy and activism, her career as an author and an attorney, and her participation in Charleston city and county politics. Disabled due to a congenital degenerative neuromuscular disease she came to prominence after debating Peter Singer concerning his views on disability-based infanticide and for her annual...
Dates: 1971-2010

Anna D. Kelly papers

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Identifier: AMN 1083
Abstract Anna D. Kelly (1913-2007) is known for her efforts to connect Lowcountry African Americans with the Highlander Folk School, most notably recruiting Septima Clark. A graduate of the Avery Normal Institute in Charleston, South Carolina, Kelly was a charter member of the Avery Institute of African American History and Culture. She then played a crucial role in establishment of the Avery Research Center.The collection includes personal papers and photographs related to Anna D. Kelly...
Dates: 1930s-1999

Senator Burnet R. Maybank papers

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Identifier: Mss 0085
Abstract Legislative files, correspondence, printed material, voting records, and personal papers of Burnet Rhett Maybank (1899-1954), United States Senator from 1941 to 1954. Materials primarily relate to Maybank's professional life as a United States Senator and include his legislative working files and constituent correspondence. The collection also includes a small amount of personal papers concerning Maybank and his family including personal correspondence, financial material, photographs,...
Dates: 1914-1973; Majority of material found within 1941-1954

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

Burton L. Padoll papers

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Identifier: Mss 1082
Abstract

Sermons, addresses, photographs, publications, and other papers of Burton L. Padoll, rabbi and civil rights advocate. Materials largely relate to Padoll's rabbinate at Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim in Charleston, South Carolina, from 1961-1967.

Dates: 1957-2009

L. Mendel Rivers papers

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Identifier: Mss 0094
Abstract Correspondence, speeches, memoranda, legislative files, political files, and committee files of L. Mendel Rivers (1905-1970), Democratic United States Representative from South Carolina's 1st Congressional District from 1941 to 1970. Materials primarily relate to Rivers' service in Congress from 1955 to 1962 with topics including the Cold War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Bay of Pigs invasion, Civil Rights, public school desegregation, and the United States Armed Services and defense programs. Also...
Dates: 1940-1962; Majority of material found within 1957-1962

Bernice Robinson papers

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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

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

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Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 10
African Americans -- Civil rights -- South Carolina -- Charleston 8
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Civil rights 5
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African American Activists 4
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Civil rights movements -- United States 4
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clippings (information artifacts) 4
correspondence 4
transcripts 4
African American civil rights workers -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century 3
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century 3
African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina 3
African Americans -- Politics and government -- 20th century 3
Cigar Factory Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1945-1946 3
Civil rights demonstrations 3
Civil rights workers -- United States 3
Gullahs 3
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South Carolina -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century 3
Southern States -- Race relations 3
African American civil rights workers 2
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bills (legislative records) 2
congressional committee records 2
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legislative records 2
memorandums 2
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scrapbooks 2
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Africa -- Periodicals 1
African American Baptists 1
African American Congregationalists 1
African American basket makers 1
African American business enterprises 1
African American businesspeople -- South Carolina 1
African American businesspeople -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
African American children -- Education -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
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African American college students 1
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African American students -- Mississippi -- 20th century 1
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Charleston Branch (Charleston, S.C.) 9
Avery Normal Institute 4
Brown, Millicent E. 4
Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.) 4
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 4
Allen University 3
Brown, J. Arthur, 1914-1988 3
International Longshoremen's Association 3
Jenkins, Esau, 1910-1972 3
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 3
Moultrie, Mary, 1943-2015 3
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 3
Saunders, William, 1935- 3
Voorhees College 3
Waring, Julius Waties, 1880-1968 3
Williams, Hosea, 1926-2000 3
Young, Andrew, 1932- 3
Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990 2
Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture 2
Avery Research Center 2
Bennett, Isaiah, 1926-2002 2
Bethel United Methodist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Blacks United for Action 2
Brown family 2
Brown, MaeDe E. M., 1918-2012 2
Carawan, Candie 2
Carawan, Guy 2
Carmichael, Stokely, 1941-1998 2
Charleston County School District 2
Citizens' Committee of Charleston (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Clark, Septima Poinsette, 1898-1987 2
College of Charleston. Library 2
Committee on Better Racial Assurance 2
Horton, Myles, 1905-1990 2
Jackson, Jesse, 1941- 2
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006 2
Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005 2
Robinson, Bernice, 1914-1994 2
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) 2
United States Commission on Civil Rights. South Carolina Advisory Committee 2
Waring, Elizabeth 2
A. Philip Randolph Institute 1
African American Education and Research Organization 1
Al-Amin, Jamil, 1943- 1
Alexander, Camille D. 1
All-African People's Revolutionary Party 1
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 1
American Civil Liberties Union 1
American Civil Liberties Union of South Carolina 1
American Indian Movement 1
American Tobacco Company 1
Amos-Frazier, Marjorie, 1926-2010 1
Attica Prison 1
Beecher Congregational Church (New Orleans, La.) 1
Benedict College 1
Bennett College (Greensboro, N.C.) 1
Black Lives Matter Charleston (2014-2018) (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Black Panther Party 1
Blake, J. Herman 1
Brown, Mattie 1
Campbell, James E., 1925-2021 1
Carson, Josephine, 1919- 1
Carter, Rosalynn 1
Centenary United Methodist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Charleston Area Community Relations Committee (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Charleston City Paper (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Charleston County (S.C.). Police Department 1
Charleston County School District No. 20 (S.C.) 1
Charleston Jewish Federation (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Charleston Naval Shipyard 1
Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina 1
Claflin University 1
Cleaver, Eldridge, 1935-1998 1
Clyburn, James 1
Cole, John S. 1
College of Charleston 1
College of Charleston. Governor's School 1
Coming Street YWCA (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Communist Workers Party (U.S.) 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
Congress of African Peoples 1
Cornwell, Ruby Pendergrass, 1902-2003 1
Cottonreader, R. B. 1
Crawford, Robert, 1953- 1
Curnell, Denzel, 1995-2014 1
Curry, Constance, 1933- 1
Dabbs, James McBride, 1896-1970 1
Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944- 1
Democratic Party (S.C.) 1
Derfner, Armand 1
Deweese family 1
Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005 1
Doster, Lillie M., 1922-2015 1
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 1
Duckett, Dewey M., 1900-1964 1
Duckett, Dewey M., 1929-2012 1
Emanuel AME Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1