Jenkins, Esau, 1910-1972
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Jenkins, Esau, 1910-1972
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Jenkins
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Esau
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1910-1972
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Esau Jenkins was born and raised on Johns Island, S.C. in 1910 and lived most of his life there. With very little formal education, he became a businessman and civil rights leader. Jenkins founded the Progressive Club in 1948, which encouraged local African Americans to register to vote, through the aid of Citizenship Schools, a topic he was educated in by his attendance at Highlander Folk Center in Tennessee. In 1959, he organized the Citizens' Committee of Charleston County dedicated to the economic, cultural and political improvement of local African Americans. With a personal motto "Hate is Expensive, Love is Progress," Jenkins prospered in his community, helping to found the Community Organization Federal Credit Union and serving on many local boards and committees. The father of a large family, he died in 1972; after his death many institutions, programs and a bridge were named for him.
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https://viaf.org/viaf/250426802
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n2012033086
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n2012033086
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5396759
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89104439
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African American businesspeople
African Americans
African Americans
African Americans
African Americans
African Americans
African Americans
Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969
Legal assistance to the poor
Literacy tests (Election law)
Police-community relations
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Charleston
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Johns Island
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