African American universities and colleges
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Fall Convocation: Correspondence and Event program, 1989
File — Box 118, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
Includes "Resolution Honoring Honorable Whipper" as a member of the South Carolina Legislative Black Caucus.
Dates:
1989
Found in:
Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
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Lucille Simmons Whipper papers
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Series 4: Religious Affiliations and Organizations
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4.2: The Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina and Auxiliaries
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4.2.4.: Baptist Educational and Missionary Sponsored Educational Institutions
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4.2.4.2: Benedict College
Southern Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators: Annual Meeting, 1970 - 1971
File — Box 78, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
Contains delegate address delivered by Whipper. Includes memorandum regarding "College Students Applying for Registration." (1971)
Dates:
1970 - 1971
Lucille Simmons Whipper papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1146
Abstract
Lucille Simmons Whipper (1928-2021), an educator, guidance counselor, academic administrator, community, and religious leader and the first African-American woman to serve as an State of South Carolina House of Representatives in Charleston's District 109 (1986-1996). She exercised her activism with her graduating class at Avery Institute in their attempts to desegregate the College of Charleston in 1944. Decades later, Whipper was instrumental in working with the State of South Carolina and...
Dates:
1900-2016, undated