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Isaiah Bennett papers

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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

"Charleston Hospital Workers' Strike" rough draft (photocopy)

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Identifier: Mss 0034-102
Collection Overview The paper is a typed rough draft with hand written corrections. It describes the Hospital workers' strike at the Medical College of South Carolina in 1969. The author is not identified, but a handwritten note reveals that the document was written in 1982. The paper discusses the role played by Mary Moultrie, the leader of the strike, and William McCord, the college president, in the strike. The strike was a protest by African-American, predominantly female, hospital workers for better...
Dates: 1982

Septima P. Clark papers

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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

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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

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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

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African Americans -- Civil rights -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 20th century 3
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African American civic leaders -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
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African American women -- Social conditions 1
African American women -- South Carolina -- Societies and clubs 1
African American women teachers 1
African Americans -- Civil rights 1
African Americans -- Education 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
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Politics and government -- History -- 20th century 1
Boycotts -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- 20th century 1
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Charleston (S.C.) -- Race relations 1
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Civic leaders -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Civil rights 1
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Community health services -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Community health services -- South Carolina -- Johns Island (Island) 1
Daufuskie Island (S.C.) -- Social conditions 1
Education -- South Carolina -- Johns Island (Island) 1
Factories -- Employees -- Labor unions -- South Carolina 1
Johns Island (S.C. : Island) -- Economic conditions 1
Johns Island (S.C. : Island) -- History -- 20th century 1
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 -- History -- 1865- 1
South Carolina -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century 1
Tobacco Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1945 1
Tobacco workers -- Labor unions -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
Women -- Employment -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
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Names
Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990 2
Bennett, Isaiah, 1926-2002 2
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006 2
Moultrie, Mary, 1943-2015 2
Saunders, William, 1935- 2
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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
McCord, William M. (William Mellen), 1907-1996 1
Medical College of South Carolina (1952-1969) 1
Medical University of South Carolina 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
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
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