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South Carolina Council For The Common Good Records - Accession 117, Council For The Common Good, South Carolina
South Carolina Council For The Common Good Records - Accession 117, Council For The Common Good, South Carolina
Manuscript Collection
The South Carolina Council for the Common Good Records consist of constitutions, bylaws, correspondence, minutes, reports, yearbooks, brochures, financial records, membership lists, and newspaper clippings relating to the council’s governance and its activities, including its work to improve child welfare (1959, 1967-1968); its lobbying against Richard Nixon’s 1970 cutback of public library funds (1969-1971); its lobbying for the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment (1970-1973); its work to promote passage of jury service to women in South Carolina; and its efforts to strengthen the South Carolina Status of Women’s Conference (1965-1977).
Rock Hill Council On Human Relations Records - Accession 47, Council On Human Relations, Rock Hill
Rock Hill Council On Human Relations Records - Accession 47, Council On Human Relations, Rock Hill
Manuscript Collection
The Rock Hill Council on Human Relations Records consists of minutes, reports, correspondence, program notes, newsletters, membership lists, and other records of a body organized in 1954 by the Rock Hill City Council to further communication between the city’s African- Americans and whites. The collection includes material relating to the South Carolina Council on Human Relations with which the Rock Hill Council was affiliated, American Friends Services committee, Southern Regional Council, and a black & white 16mm film pertaining to the origin and early development of the Council. Correspondents include Alice Spearman Wright, civil rights activist and former executive secretary …
Marion Allan Wright Papers - Accession 48, Marion Allan Wright
Marion Allan Wright Papers - Accession 48, Marion Allan Wright
Manuscript Collection
The Marion Allan Wright Papers consist mainly of speeches relating to civil rights, civil liberties, the role of libraries in society, and capital punishment, but also included are autobiographical writings, articles, correspondence, and biographical data concerning the civil rights movement.