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African American Firemen in Charleston collection
Collection
Identifier: AMN 9010v
Abstract
African American firemen have served in the Charleston Fire Department since 1882.The collection includes photocopied photographs of uniformed firemen and clippings from News and Courier about black fire fighters in the Charleston Fire Department. In a 1956 article, the News and Courier reported that black firemen received the same privileges in pay, sick leave, and other benefits as did white...
Dates:
approximately 1910s-1984
Thomas T. Carr III papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN-1155
Abstract
Thomas T. Carr, III is named after Thomas T. Carr, Sr., who was the last mayor of Maryville, SC prior to its dissolution in 1936. Carr III attended Immaculate Conception High School, South Carolina State College, served in the Korean War, and spent much of his professional career as a civilian employee at the Charleston Naval Shipyard. This collection showcases the various documents through much of Carr’s professional and community-oriented life. Those documents include general orders,...
Dates:
1947-2009; Majority of material found within 1960-1990
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- Subject: Discrimination in employment -- South Carolina -- Charleston X
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- African American chemists 1
- African American churches 1
- African American fire fighters -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African American optometrists 1
- African American veterans 1
- Fire fighters -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- James Island (S.C.) -- History -- 20th century 1
- Korean War, 1950-1953 1
- Race discrimination -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History 1
- Religious institutions 1
- Southern States -- Religious life and customs 1
- black-and-white slides 1
- clippings (information artifacts) 1
- photocopies 1 ∧ less
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- Korean 1
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- Calvary Episcopal Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
- Carr, Thomas Tobias, III, 1930-2017 1
- Carr, Thomas Tobias, Sr. 1
- Charleston Naval Shipyard 1
- Emanuel AME Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
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