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African American photographers

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Jerome Johnson photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 30012
Abstract

Jerome Johnson is a professional photographer who has photographed numerous events in the South Carolina Lowcountry. This collection contains negatives and prints of such events as Penn Center Heritage Days, the Inauguration of former Charleston Mayor, Joseph P. Riley, the South Carolina Conference of Black Mayors and various ceremonies at the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture.

Dates: 1995-1996

Edwina Harleston Whitlock papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1120
Abstract Edwina Augusta Harleston Whitlock was born Gussie Louise Harleston on September 28, 1916 in Charleston, South Carolina, to Robert Othello Harleston and his wife, Marie Isabelle Forrest. She was raised by her uncle, Edwin Augustus Teddy Harleston and his wife Elise Forrest after it was discovered that Whitlock's parents had tuberculosis. Whitlock attended the Avery Normal Institute in Charleston, South Carolina, and Talladega College in Talladega, Alabama, where she...
Dates: 1918-2006