African American women -- South Carolina -- Societies and clubs -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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
"Woman of the Year" Scrapbook, 1981
File — Scrapbook 160
Scope and Contents
The Charleston Chapter of the Links' tribute to Whipper includes documents pertaining to the implementation of the Avery Research Center, the Governor's appointment to the South Carolina Advisory Committee, and Planning Committee for the First Governor's Conference on Equal Opportunity in Higher Education, along with additional and recognition for her civic and Links activities.
Dates:
1981