African Americans -- South Carolina

African-American History Monument, Columbia, South Carolina, 1999

File — Box 161, Folder: 1

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Contains a variety of event programs, correspondence, meeting minutes, reports and grant proposals. Organized alphabetically.

Dates: 1999

Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 5: Civic, Community, and Social Involvement / 5.11: Charleston and South Carolina Organizational Affiliations / 5.11.1: Charleston and Columbia South Carolina Organizations

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

Avery Exhibit: "The Color of Money", 2001

File — Box 147, Folder: 27

Scope and Contents

Contains programs and newspaper article regarding the "depictions of slavery in Confederate and Southern states currency" in oil painting by artist John W. Jones.

Dates: 2001

Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 5: Civic, Community, and Social Involvement / 5.6: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / 5.6.2: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture, College of Charleston

"B-C", 1977, and undated

File — Box 182, Folder: 13

Scope and Contents

Contains flyers and newspaper articles on Saint Julian Brown; A.T.Butler; and Floyd Craven.

Dates: 1977, and undated

Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 11: Various Documents and Ephemera / 11.2: People Subject File / 11.2.1: South Carolina Legislators and Elected Officials

"Black on Black Crime Conference , 22 September 1979

File — Box 161, Folder: 3

Scope and Contents

Contains transcript of Whipper's address, "Loss of Talents and Human Resources Crime is destroying a whole generation of young Blacks."

Dates: 22 September 1979

Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 5: Civic, Community, and Social Involvement / 5.11: Charleston and South Carolina Organizational Affiliations / 5.11.1: Charleston and Columbia South Carolina Organizations

Charleston Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People records

Collection

Identifier: AMN 1117

Abstract The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was started on February 12, 1909, partly in response to the prevalence of lynching of African-Americans in America and the 1908 race riot that occurred in Springfield, Illinois. The Charleston Branch of the NAACP was founded in February 1917 by Edwin Harleston. The branch was established to advocate for the rights of African-Americans in South Carolina and Charleston. The Charleston NAACP serves as a space for...

Dates: 1920-1995, undated; Majority of material found within 1973-1994

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