African American youth

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Contains correspondence, handbooks, financial reports, grant proposals/applications, speech transcripts, event programs, and publications from Whipper's sorority.

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Contains transcript of Whipper's address, "Loss of Talents and Human Resources Crime is destroying a whole generation of young Blacks."

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Holds registration documents and forms, correspondence, and camp guide.

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...

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Includes documents pertaining to the Charleston Minority Education Task Force.

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Contains a variety of event programs, correspondence, meeting minutes, reports and grant proposals. Organized alphabetically.

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Holds event programs and related documents.

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Funded by the City of Charleston's Office of Economic Opportunity, Whipper was the director of the Summer Catch-Up program. The tutoring program began at Saint Matthews Baptist Church with forty-five students. The sub-series contains correspondence and a scrapbook of the 1967 Summer experience.

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Suppporting funds facilitated by the Coastal Community Foundation.

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Includes documents pertaining to the Charleston Minority Education Task Force.