Charleston County (S.C.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Court Case: Fowler, et.al vs. Campbell, et. al: Correspondence, 1994
File — Box 63: Series Series 2, Folder: 15
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents
Attorney letters to Whipper and members for the Charleston County Legislative Delegation.
Dates:
1994
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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2.4.14: Charleston County and City Departments and Organizations
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2.4.14.1: Charleston County Government Departments and Offices
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2.4.14.1.4: Charleston County Legislative Delegation
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2.4.14.1.4.2: Court Case: Sandra Fowler, et. al. vs. Governor of the State of South Carolina, et. al.
Education Committee, 1989-1990
File — Box 62: Series Series 2, Folder: 9
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents
Whipper served as Chairwoman on this committee. Contains documents pertaining to Jennie Moore Elementary School.
Dates:
1989-1990
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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2.4.14: Charleston County and City Departments and Organizations
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2.4.14.1: Charleston County Government Departments and Offices
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2.4.14.1.4: Charleston County Legislative Delegation
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2.4.14.1.4.1: Charleston County Legislative Delegation: Correspondence and Meeting Minutes
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