African Americans -- Politics and government
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Political newspaper articles, 2007 - 2009
File — Box 74: Series Series 2, Folder: 17
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Various articles and "Letters to the Editor" pieces by and about Whipper, with political editorials, journal essays and articles written by others.
Dates:
2007 - 2009
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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2.4.17: Various Documents
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2.4.17.1: Newspaper Articles
Cleveland L. Sellers, Jr. papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1017
Abstract
Cleveland Sellers, Jr. (born 1944), an African American from Denmark, South Carolina, was a participant and leader of a variety of student, civil rights, leftist, and Pan African movements in the 1960s and 1970s. Sellers alone was indicted and convicted for inciting a riot during the Orangeburg Massacre, in which three students of South Carolina State University died and many others were wounded; Sellers was later pardoned.The majority of the collection details Cleveland L....
Dates:
1934-2003