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Avery photograph collection

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Identifier: AMN 1112
Dates: approximately 1890s-2012
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

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
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

H. A. DeCosta, Jr. papers

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Identifier: AMN 1084
Abstract Herbert A. DeCosta, Jr. (1923-2008) was a renowned African American architect and contractor based in Charleston, South Carolina. While he served as president of the H. A. DeCosta Company, the company worked on the construction and renovations of numerous churches, apartment complexes, schools, and residences, including some of the most architecturally significant houses in Charleston. The DeCosta Company also did much of the renovation and preservation work for Historic Charleston...
Dates: 1854-2009
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

William "Bill" Saunders papers

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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
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Miriam DeCosta Seabrook and Herbert U. Seabrook papers

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Identifier: AMN 1094
Abstract Miriam DeCosta Seabrook (1896-1992) was an African-American educator born in Charleston, South Carolina. In 1923, she married Dr. Herbert U. Seabrook (1884-1941), an African American physician who practiced medicine in Charleston. They had one son, Herbert U. Seabrook, Jr., who also became a physician.The collection includes correspondence, certificates, photographs, and other materials related to Miriam DeCosta Seabrook's education at Avery Institute and elsewhere, teaching...
Dates: 1882-1995
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

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Craft, Ellen 1
Craft, William 1
Crump family 1
DeCosta, Emily, 1923-2011 1
DeCosta, Herbert A., Jr., 1923-2008 1
DeCosta, Herbert A., Sr., 1894-1960 1
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 1
Florida State University 1
Guilford College 1
H. A. DeCosta Company 1
HADCO Realty Company 1
Higgins family 1
Hospital and Training School for Nurses (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Howard University 1
Kinlaw family 1
Midway Company, Inc. 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Charleston Branch (Charleston, S.C.) 1
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University 1
Rivers High School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Saunders, William, 1935- 1
Sauter family 1
Seabrook family 1
Seabrook, Amerintha Alston, 1852-1922 1
Seabrook, Herbert U., Jr., 1924-1970 1
Seabrook, Herbert U., Sr., 1884-1941 1
Seabrook, Kenneth 1
Seabrook, Miriam DeCosta, 1896-1992 1
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St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
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