Jenkins, Esau, 1910-1972
Biographical notes:
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.
From the description of Esau Jenkins papers, ca. 1964-2003. (College of Charleston). WorldCat record id: 65174426
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Subjects:
- 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
- Political action committees
- Race discrimination
- African Americans
- African Americans
- African Americans
- African Americans
- African Americans
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- SC, US
- SC, US
- South Carolina--Johns Island (as recorded)
- South Carolina--Charleston County (as recorded)
- South Carolina (as recorded)
- South Carolina--Charleston (as recorded)
