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Isaiah Bennett papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1056
Abstract
Isaiah Bennett (1926-2002) served as a union representative for tobacco workers at the American Tobacco Company's Cigar Factory and as a leader and negotiator of the Charleston Hospital Workers' Strike of 1969. Bennett also founded and was president of the Charleston chapter of the A. Phillip Randolph Institute, an umbrella organization for black trade unions.This collection contains five small series that pertain to the life and career of Isaiah Bennett. 1.)...
Dates:
1932-2002
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
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
William "Bill" Saunders papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1100
Abstract
William (Bill) Saunders, was an organizer and lead negotiator of the Charleston Hospital Stike of 1969. In 1970, Saunders established the Committee on Better Racial Assurance (COBRA) to address race-related community problems and provide assistance to community members in need. He also operated the AM radio station WPAL from 1972-1998.
This collection includes materials relating to the personal and professional life of Saunders. A very small portion of the papers contains...
Dates:
approximately 1950-2004
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- African Americans -- Civil rights -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 20th century 3
- African American civic leaders -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
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- African American radio stations -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African American stevedores -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 21st century 1
- African American women -- Social conditions 1
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- African American women teachers 1
- African Americans -- Civil rights 1
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
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- African Americans -- Health care workers -- South Carolina 1
- African Americans -- Politics and government -- 20th century 1
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 20th century 1
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Johns Island (Island) -- History -- 20th century 1
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Johns Island (Island) -- Social life and customs 1
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- Charleston (S.C.) -- History -- 20th century 1
- Charleston (S.C.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century 1
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- Community health services -- South Carolina -- Johns Island (Island) 1
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- Johns Island (S.C. : Island) -- Economic conditions 1
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- Literacy -- South Carolina -- History 1
- Nonprofit organizations -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 20th century 1
- Nonprofit organizations -- South Carolina -- Johns Island (Island) -- 20th century 1
- Political action committees -- South Carolina 1
- Poor People’s Campaign 1
- Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968 1
- Sea Islands -- Social conditions 1
- Social action -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- 20th century 1
- South Carolina -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century 1
- Tobacco Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1945 1
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- Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990 2
- Bennett, Isaiah, 1926-2002 2
- King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006 2
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference 2
- Williams, Hosea, 1926-2000 2
- Young, Andrew, 1932- 2
- A. Philip Randolph Institute 1
- Allen University 1
- Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 1
- American Tobacco Company 1
- Bethel United Methodist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
- Blacks United for Action 1
- Blake, J. Herman 1
- Carawan, Candie 1
- Carawan, Guy 1
- Carmichael, Stokely, 1941-1998 1
- Carson, Josephine, 1919- 1
- Carter, Rosalynn 1
- Charleston County School District 1
- Citizens' Committee of Charleston (Charleston, S.C.) 1
- Clark, Septima Poinsette, 1898-1987 1
- Committee on Better Racial Assurance 1
- Cottonreader, R. B. 1
- Estes, Steve, 1972- 1
- Fink, Leon, 1948- 1
- Frazier, Herb, 1950- 1
- Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.) 1
- Horton, Myles, 1905-1990 1
- Horton, Zilphia, 1910-1956 1
- International Longshoremen's Association 1
- Jackson, Jesse, 1941- 1
- Jefferson, Jessie 1
- Jenkins, Esau, 1910-1972 1
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 1
- Medical University of South Carolina 1
- Moultrie, Mary, 1943-2015 1
- Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005 1
- Penn Community Services 1
- Retail Drug Store Employees Union, Local 1199B (Charleston, S.C.) 1
- Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union. Local 15-A (Charleston, S.C.) 1
- Riley, Richard W. (Richard Wilson) 1
- Robinson, Bernice, 1914-1994 1
- Saunders, William, 1935- 1
- South Carolina Federation of Colored Women's Clubs 1
- United States Commission on Civil Rights. South Carolina Advisory Committee 1
- United Way of America 1
- Voorhees College 1
- Waring, Elizabeth 1
- Waring, Julius Waties, 1880-1968 1
- White, Naomi, 1925- 1 + ∧ less
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