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Professor Philip W. Carter, Jr., Kelli Johnson Jan 2022

Professor Philip W. Carter, Jr., Kelli Johnson

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Professor Philip W. Carter, Jr., MSW, is a professor of Social Work and an academic activist with over 40 years at Marshall University and a total of 50 years of teaching, administering, and training in higher education. Professor Carter has taught and developed coursework in the areas of Appalachian social welfare, and legislation and has a 60-year legacy of social justice work. This advocacy began as a basketball player at Marshall where he was simultaneously a spokesperson for the student-led Civic Interest Progressives (CIP). The CIP was responsible for desegregation in public accommodation, the establishment of human rights commissions, and …


David Harris, Kelli Johnson, David N. Harris Jun 2021

David Harris, Kelli Johnson, David N. Harris

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A biography of David Harris with photos


Roy Goines, Kelli Johnson Dec 2020

Roy Goines, Kelli Johnson

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Roy Goines was born on January 3,1938 in Barboursville, West Virginia, to a family with five sisters and two brothers. Goines attended Douglass High School in Huntington, West Virginia and graduated in 1955. He received a scholarship to play football at Marshall University where he studied accounting. At Marshall University, Goines was on the Dean’s List, listed on the Who’s Who list of students, and was second in command of the ROTC.


Frederick Douglass Junior And Senior High School, Kelli Johnson Jan 2020

Frederick Douglass Junior And Senior High School, Kelli Johnson

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Douglass High School stood as a pillar in the community for over 70 years. The school, named after abolitionist Frederick Douglass, was also the social heart of the community. Past graduates remember the school as a close-knot community with supportive teachers who expected the best from their students.


Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Kelli Johnson Jan 2020

Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Kelli Johnson

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In June 1905, on the fourth Sunday of that month, a petition signed by forty-one members of First Baptist Church was read. The petition asked for letters of dismissal from the Church in order to organize and start and new church. Those forty-one people wanted to create a new church that better met the needs of the community. After a vote, with only one dissent, the news was delivered to the Church clerk on a Thursday in July. This new church would become the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church.


Memphis Tennessee Garrison, Kelli Johnson Jan 2020

Memphis Tennessee Garrison, Kelli Johnson

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Memphis Tennessee Garrison was born Memphis Tennessee Carter in Hollins, Virginia on March 3, 1890. She moved with her family to Gary, WV, as a young child. She was named after the city where her aunt worked as a teacher; Memphis, Tennessee, had a large black population. Her parents, Wesley Carter and Cassie Thomas Carter, were former slaves. She had an older brother by 10 years, John Carter, who moved to Columbus, Ohio, as an adult and worked in a steel mill.


John H. Spotts, Spotts Family Jan 2020

John H. Spotts, Spotts Family

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Biography of John H. Spotts prepared by the Spotts family. John H. Spotts was a longtime Marshall University staff member who was much respected by students and peers alike.


History Of St. Peter Claver Church, Kelli Johnson Jun 2019

History Of St. Peter Claver Church, Kelli Johnson

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History of St. Peter Claver Church, written by Sandra Clements


Sylvia C. Ridgeway Binder, Sylvia C. Ridgeway Jan 2019

Sylvia C. Ridgeway Binder, Sylvia C. Ridgeway

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This collection of materials showcases the life of Sylvia C. Ridgeway. Some of the items included in these materials include biographical data, family history information, photos and ephemera of family life, documentations of missions trips, some of her accomplishments with the NAACP, and letters of recommendation written by others.