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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

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

Marjorie Amos-Frazier papers

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Identifier: AMN 1166
Abstract Marjorie Amos-Frazier (1926-2010) was a Civil Rights activist and politician in Charleston, South Carolina. She was the first woman elected to serve on the Charleston County Council in 1974. Six years later Amos-Frazier became the first non-legislator, woman and African-American to serve on the South Carolina Public Service Commission (1980-1993).Amos-Frazier's papers hold biographical, professional and political career, organizational and religious affiliation documents and...
Dates: 1970s-2010, and undated

Clark, Septima Poinsette, 1898-1987

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Dates: Existence: 1898-05-03 - 1987-12-15

Septima Poinsette Clark, 1987, 2010

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Scope and Contents From the Collection: Each series contains multiple subseries in which detailed descriptions are provided in each introduction. Series 1. Biographical Documents (1944-2015, and undated)holds resumes, vitas and biographical sketches; oral interview transcripts and essays about Whipper; tributes and honors which includes honorary degrees, the South Carolina Black Hall of Fame, and the BellSouth-South Carolina African American History Calendar honoree (also refer to Series 10: Awards. Various...
Dates: 1987, 2010

Septima Clark Exhibit Label

 File — Box 2, Folder: 16
Collection Overview From the Collection: The collection contains material relating to the life and work of Septima P. Clark. The biographical papers include tributes, clippings, certificates, awards, family correspondence and transcripts of various oral history interviews in which Clark discusses her parents; husband; growing up and race relations in Charleston, SC; work with Myles and Zylphia Horton, Guy and Candie Carawan and others, such as Bernice Robinson and Esau Jenkins in such places as Highlander Folk School in Monteagle,...
Dates: 1960-1988 and undated

Photograph of Septima Poinsette Clark , 1916, and undated

 File — Box 24, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents

Notes Poinsett as "Assistant Editor," on photograph, from Pinnacle yearbook, 1916. Holds two 5x7 black and white images. Includes "photograph documentation" form.

Dates: 1916, and undated

Septima Poinsette Clark Portrait Unveiling, 1997

 File — Box 142, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents From the Series: Holds correspondence,reports, meeting minutes, and various documents pertaining to Whipper's commission, committee, and Board of Trustee positions, along with her civic/social involvement. Contains the subseries: Charleston County School District (CCSD); Mayor's Advisory Committee on Human Relations; City of Charleston Department and Committees; Charleston County Bicentennial Committee; South Carolina International Women's Year; Avery Research Center for African American History and...
Dates: 1997

Materials from and regarding Septima Poinsette Clark, circa 1960-1979

 File — Box 4, Folder: 3
Collection Overview Holds a mimeographed copy of "Songs of Freedom," signed by Clark. *Note-copy is in Fragile condition. Please use photocopied version* A similar collection of lyrics, "Sing for Freedom," from the Higlander Folk School, August 1960, is located in the Septima Poinsette Clark Papers, Box 7, Folder 24. Also included is a mimeographed memorandum indicating Clark's deed of No. 17 Henrietta Street to Emanuel A.M.E. Church, 7 August 1972, among other land transactions. Lastly, an original signed...
Dates: circa 1960-1979

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Daufuskie Island (S.C.) -- Social conditions 1
Day care centers -- South Carolina -- Yonges Island 1
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Clark, Septima Poinsette, 1898-1987 10
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Charleston Branch (Charleston, S.C.) 6
Avery Normal Institute 4
Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.) 4
Carawan, Guy 3
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Jenkins, Esau, 1910-1972 3
Robinson, Bernice, 1914-1994 3
South Carolina Federation of Colored Women's Clubs 3
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 3
African Methodist Episcopal Church 2
Allen University 2
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 2
Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture 2
Avery Research Center 2
Bethel United Methodist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Carawan, Candie 2
Charleston County School District 2
Horton, Myles, 1905-1990 2
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 2
Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005 2
Voorhees College 2
Waring, Elizabeth 2
Waring, Julius Waties, 1880-1968 2
Williams, Hosea, 1926-2000 2
Young, Andrew, 1932- 2
Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990 1
Alliance for Concerned Citizens 1
Alston, Addie Middleton 1
American Missionary Association 1
Amistad Research Center 1
Amos-Frazier, Marjorie, 1926-2010 1
Andell, Charles John, 1837-1876 1
Andell, William, 1845-1932 1
Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955 1
Blacks United for Action 1
Blake, J. Herman 1
Briggs, Harry, -1986 1
Brown family 1
Brown, J. Arthur, 1914-1988 1
Brown, Millicent E. 1
Butler, Susan Dart, 1888-1959 1
Camp Saint Christopher (Seabrook Island, S.C.) 1
Carmichael, Stokely, 1941-1998 1
Carson, Josephine, 1919- 1
Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 1
Centenary United Methodist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Charleston (S.C.). City Council 1
Charleston County Council 1
Citizens' Committee of Charleston (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Clyburn, James 1
Coards Studio 1
College of Charleston 1
Coming Street YWCA (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Committee on Better Racial Assurance 1
Community Action Program (U.S.) 1
Cornwell, Ruby Pendergrass, 1902-2003 1
Democratic Party (Charleston County, S.C.) 1
Deweese family 1
Drago, Edmund L. 1
Elliott, R. W. 1
Emanuel AME Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963 1
Fields, Alfred B. 1
Fields, Karen E. (Karen Elise), 1945- 1
Fields, Mamie E. Garvin, 1888-1987 1
Friendly Moralist Society (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Gourdine, Julia Alston 1
Hamer, Fannie Lou 1
Hebron Presbyterian Church (Johns Island, S.C.) 1
Highlander Research and Education Center (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1
Horton, Zilphia, 1910-1956 1
IDEAS (Firm : Washington, D.C.) 1
Immaculate Conception School (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Jackson, Jesse, 1941- 1
Kelly family 1
Kelly, Anna D., 1913-2007 1
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006 1
Lewis, John, 1940-2020 1
Marion Birnie Wilkinson Home for Girls (Cayce, S.C.) 1
Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993 1
Methodist Church (U.S.). South Carolina Conference 1
Mitchell, Julian A. (Julian Augustus), 1836-1907 1
Morawetz, Victor, 1859-1938 1
Murray, Albertha J., 1889-1969 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Freedom Fund Program 1
Oakes, Ziba B., 1806-1871 1
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity 1
Order of the Eastern Star. Grand Chapter of South Carolina 1
Palfi, Marion, 1907-1978 1
Parker, Ethelyn Murray 1
Penn Community Services 1
Pennsylvania Freedmen's Relief Association 1
Pivnick, Esther Kaplan, 1913-2001 1
Ravenel, Charles Dufort, 1938- 1
Riley, Joseph P., 1943- 1
Schaffer, Ferdinand, 1831-1913 1
Seabrook Island Natural History Group (S.C.) 1
Seabrook, William, Sr., 1773-1836 1
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority 1
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