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Civil rights

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on citizens' rights as established by law and protected by constitution. Works on the rights of persons regardless of their legal, socioeconomic or cultural status and as recognized by the international community are entered under Human rights.

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Audio Cassette Tapes, 1990 - 2007

 File — Box 175
Scope and Contents

Contains recordings of "Portfolio of State Issues," and "View from the Statehouse." Also contains a interview recording of Whipper for the South Carolina Civil/Human Rights Anthology Project (2 July 2007).

Dates: 1990 - 2007

Civil Rights, 1984, 2003-2004

 File — Box 51: Series Series 2, Folder: 10
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Holds correspondence, memorandums, reports, bills and resolutions, journals, manuals, legislative updates and various documents pertaining to the following included subseries: State of South Carolina General Assembly; Adminstrative Documents and Committee Appointments; Standing Committees of the South Carolina House of Representatives; General Assembly Joint Committees; Bills Authored/and/or Initiated by Whipper; Bills Co-Sponsored by Whipper; General Bills and Resolutions; Special...
Dates: 1984, 2003-2004

Armand Derfner legal papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1049
Abstract Armand Derfner, b. 1938, has been a litigator in private practice in Charleston, SC, since 1974. He has litigated civil rights cases since the Voting Rights Act of 1965 went into effect in August 1968, when Derfner represented voters in Greenwood, Mississippi. He has gained national renown as a civil rights attorney, having won five cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. The Armand Derfner legal papers document his work since establishing his practice in Charleston in 1974. The papers are...
Dates: 1973-1995

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

Fielding, Herbert U., 1923-2015

 Person
Dates: Existence: 1923-07-06 - 2015-08-10

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967

 Person
Dates: Existence: 1902-02-01 - 1967-05-22