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African American History Month

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Ad Hoc Committee for African American History Month, 26 February 1988

 File — Box 180, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Awards of achievement and recognition recieved by Whipper from her House of Representatives tenure, along with her civic and social work. Includes the subseries: Legislative and Political Organizations; Baptist Organization, Women's Organization, Black History Month, and Various Awards. The awards are dismatled from their original wooden plaques.

Dates: 26 February 1988
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 10: Artifacts: Awards / 10.4: Black History Month and Various Awards

African American History, 1986, 1995-1999, and undated

 File — Box 2, Folder: 9
Identifier: Subseries 1.4
Scope and Contents

Speeches given by Whipper for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday and Black History Month. Includes "African-American Scholars: Leaders, Activists, and Writers;" "Focus: The Harlem Renaissance;" "Stepping Back in Time," "The Afro-American Experience International Connection," with numerous untitled typed and handwritten manuscripts.

Dates: 1986, 1995-1999, and undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 1: Biographical Documents / 1.4: Writings and Speeches

Afro-American Founders Festival Committee: Correspondence, January 1975

 File — Box 143, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Pertaining to February's event, "An Evening of Negro Spirituals."

Dates: January 1975
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 5: Civic, Community, and Social Involvement / 5.4: Charleston County Bicentennial Committee

Afro-American Founders Festival Committee: Correspondence, February-August 1975

 File — Box 143, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Includes the Afro-American Founders Festival Committee meeting minutes and notes.

Dates: February-August 1975
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 5: Civic, Community, and Social Involvement / 5.4: Charleston County Bicentennial Committee

Afro-American Founders Festival Committee: Program invoice statements, February 1975

 File — Box 143, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Includes the Afro-American Founders Festival Committee meeting minutes and notes.

Dates: February 1975
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 5: Civic, Community, and Social Involvement / 5.4: Charleston County Bicentennial Committee

Black History Month Award, 25 February 1990

 File — Box 180, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Awards of achievement and recognition recieved by Whipper from her House of Representatives tenure, along with her civic and social work. Includes the subseries: Legislative and Political Organizations; Baptist Organization, Women's Organization, Black History Month, and Various Awards. The awards are dismatled from their original wooden plaques.

Dates: 25 February 1990
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 10: Artifacts: Awards / 10.4: Black History Month and Various Awards

Charleston Branch of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) collection

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1048
Abstract The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), was founded by Dr. Carter G. Woodson in 1915 in Chicago, Illinois. The purpose of ASALH is to encourage the study, research, and promotion of African Americans history. The Charleston Area Branch was founded in April 1995, under the leadership of Dr. Marvin Dulaney and Dr. Bernard Powers. The Charleston Area Branch of the Association for the Study of African-American Life and History (ASALH) contains incoming and...
Dates: 1896-2018, undated; Majority of material found in 1996-2005
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Correspondence and meeting minutes, 1974

 File — Box 143, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Regarding the planning of the Observance of Black Heritage Month.

Dates: 1974
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 5: Civic, Community, and Social Involvement / 5.4: Charleston County Bicentennial Committee

Dr. Louis Hassell papers

 Collection
Identifier: 30029
Abstract

This collection contains information from Cuspids, Inc., a book of newspaper clippings and photographs of 1896 Black History Month at the Naval Weapons Station.

Dates: 1896
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Instructional Materials, 1981, and undated

 File — Box 181, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Display items and handouts used by Whipper in her Black History presentations.

Dates: 1981, and undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 11: Various Documents and Ephemera / 11.1: African American History
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