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 16 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
Found in:
Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
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Lucille Simmons Whipper papers
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Series 2: Political Career
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2.4: State of South Carolina Legislative Branch-The General Assembly: House of Representatives: The Honorable Lucille Whipper
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2.4.12: Legislative Materials: Subject Files
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
Documenting the Arc Oral History Collection
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1168
Abstract
The Documenting the Arc Oral History Collection is a series of video oral history interviews conducted between fall 2021 and summer 2022 by Dr. Millicent Brown and Cedar Wolf Media using grant funds from the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation. The interviews document the experiences of activists, organizers, artists, clergy, journalists, and other community members who were members or affiliates of Black Lives Matter Charleston (2014-2018) and other local grassroots organizations in...
Dates:
2021-2022
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
Event Program and speeches from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration , 1999
File — Box 45: Series Series 2, Folder: 12
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents
Regarding, "Where Do We Go From Here: A Journey in Search of Civil Rights."
Dates:
1999
Found in:
Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
/
Lucille Simmons Whipper papers
/
Series 2: Political Career
/
2.4: State of South Carolina Legislative Branch-The General Assembly: House of Representatives: The Honorable Lucille Whipper
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2.4.10: State of South Carolina Colleges, Universities and Technical Colleges
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2.4.10.3: College of Charleston