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J. Arthur Brown papers

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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. He fathered a second son, Albert Wayne Gourdine, who was...
Dates: 1937-1989; Majority of material found within 1950-1988

Millicent E. Brown papers

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Identifier: AMN 1003
Abstract Millicent Ellison Brown (b. 1948) is an educator and civil rights activist. Born in Charleston to MaeDe and J. Arthur Brown, local and state president of NAACP (1955-1965), Brown, in 1963, replaced her older sister Minerva as the primary plaintiff in a NAACP-sponsored lawsuit (Millicent Brown vs. Charleston County School District #20).The collection consists of personal and professional documents, correspondence, and newspaper clippings relating to Millicent Brown's experience...
Dates: 1949-2003

Charleston Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People records

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Identifier: AMN 1117
Abstract The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was started on February 12, 1909, partly in response to the prevalence of lynching of African-Americans in America and the 1908 race riot that occurred in Springfield, Illinois. The Charleston Branch of the NAACP was founded in February 1917 by Edwin Harleston. The branch was established to advocate for the rights of African-Americans in South Carolina and Charleston. The Charleston NAACP serves as a space for...
Dates: 1920-1995, undated; Majority of material found within 1973-1994

Reverend John T. Enwright papers

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Identifier: AMN 1087
Abstract Reverend John Thomas Enwright (1904-1975), an African American minister, served the congregation at Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ in Charleston, South Carolina from 1949 to 1974. A public figure as well as a religious leader, Enwright was also heavily involved in Charleston-area community organizations.The collection documents Reverend Enwright's personal life, ministerial work, and civic involvement from the 1930s to 1975. Personal papers document Enwright's...
Dates: 1884-1975

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

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Brown, J. Arthur, 1914-1988 2
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Avery Normal Institute 1
Avery Research Center 1
Beecher Congregational Church (New Orleans, La.) 1
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Bennett College (Greensboro, N.C.) 1
Bethel United Methodist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
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Carawan, Candie 1
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Charleston County School District No. 20 (S.C.) 1
Clark, Septima Poinsette, 1898-1987 1
Clyburn, James 1
College of Charleston. Governor's School 1
Committee on Better Racial Assurance 1
Community Action Program (U.S.) 1
Community Organization Federal Credit Union. 1
Concerned Clergy Committee (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Enwright, John T., 1904-1975 1
Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963 1
Florida State University 1
General Council of the Congregational Christian Churches of the United States 1
Guilford College 1
Hamer, Fannie Lou 1
Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.) 1
Highlander Research and Education Center (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1
Horton, Myles, 1905-1990 1
Howard University 1
IDEAS (Firm : Washington, D.C.) 1
Jenkins, Esau, 1910-1972 1
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 1
Lewis, John, 1940-2020 1
Methodist Church (U.S.). South Carolina Conference 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Freedom Fund Program 1
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University 1
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity 1
Palfi, Marion, 1907-1978 1
Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005 1
Plymouth Congregational Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Political Action Committee of Charleston County (Charleston County, S.C.). 1
Ravenel, Charles Dufort, 1938- 1
Rivers High School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Robinson, Bernice, 1914-1994 1
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority 1
South Carolina Commission for Farm Workers 1
South Carolina State University 1
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 1
Southern Regional Council 1
United Church Board for Homeland Ministries 1
United Church of Christ 1
United Methodist Church (U.S.) 1
United Methodist Women (U.S.). South Carolina Conference 1
Volunteers in Service to America 1
Voorhees College 1
Williams, Hosea, 1926-2000 1
Yonges Island Day Care Center (S.C.) 1
Young, Andrew, 1932- 1
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