Dabbs, James McBride, 1896-1970

James McBride Dabbs (1896-1970) was a professor of English at the University of South Carolina and Coker College, Presbyterian churchman, writer, civil rights leader, Penn School Community Services trustee, Southern Regional Council president, and farmer of Mayesville, S.C. He also worked with the South Carolina Council on Human Relations, the Fellowship of Southern Churchmen, the Committee of Southern Churchmen, the Council on Church and Society, and the Delta Ministry.

From the description of James McBride Dabbs papers, 1914-1980 (bulk 1923-1970). WorldCat record id: 25507468

English professor, Presbyterian churchman, civil rights leader, and farmer of Mayesville, S.C.

From the description of Papers, 1912-1975. (Francis Marion University, James A Rogers Library). WorldCat record id: 28742362

James McBride Dabbs (1896-1970) was a professor of English, Presbyterian churchman, writer, civil rights leader, Penn Community Services trustee, Southern Regional Council president, and farmer of Mayesville, S.C. He also worked with the South Carolina Council on Human Relations, the Fellowship of Southern Churchmen, the Committee of Southern Churchmen, the Council on Church and Society, and the Delta Ministry.

• 1896: Born 8 May, Mayesville, Sumter County, S.C., son of farmer Eugene Whitefield Dabbs and Maude McBride
• 1916: AB, University of South Carolina
• 1917 - 1919 : United States Army Field Artillery
• 1918: Married, 11 May, to Jesse Clyde Armstrong; children: Maude Elizabeth and Carolyn McBride
• 1919 - 1920 : Director, Farm Life School, Vass, N.C.
• 1921 - 1924 : Adjunct and later assistant professor, University of South Carolina
• 1923 - 1930 : Intermittent graduate work in English, Columbia University
• 1925 - 1942 : Professor, English Department, Coker College, Hartsville, S.C.
• 1933: Jesse Clyde Armstrong Dabbs died, 6 November
• 1935: Married, 11 June, to Edith Wells Mitchell; children: James McBride, Dorothy, Richard Whitefield
• 1942 - 1970 : Farmer, writer, and lecturer; lived at Rip Raps Plantation, Mayesville, S.C.
• 1947 - 1952 : Chair, South Carolina Council on Human Relations (member, board of directors, 1957-1963)
• 1955 - 1963 : President, Southern Regional Council (member, executive committee, 1963-1970)
• 1957 - 1963 : Member, executive committee, Fellowship of Southern Churchmen
• 1964 - 1970 : Chair, board of trustees, Penn Community Services (member of the board, 1957-1963)
• 1970: Died, 30 May, Rip Raps Plantation

From the guide to the James McBride Dabbs Papers, 1914-1980, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)