William B. James papers, 1893-1989.

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William B. James papers, 1893-1989.

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Papers ([1893, 1925] and 1942-1989), consisting of correspondence, published and unpublished letters to editor of Sumter Daily Item, clippings, affidavits, petitions, agendas, orders, maps, and photographs. Files document his participation as a member of the NAACP legal staff in an Edgefield County, S.C., voting case and his involvement with the 1950 Benson v. DeLaine case. Also present are case files, 1979-1983, for the combined civil action suits Larry Blanding et al v.E.M. DuBose et al and U.S.v. County Council of Sumter County, which resulted in single-member districts for Sumter County Council; correspondence with Greenville, S.C., attorney Donald James Sampson relating to these cases; materials concerning desegregation of Sumter School District 17, 1968-1985; and information re his unsuccessful candidacy for Sumter City Council, 1952. Correspondents include: G. Werber Bryan, Robert B. Clarkson, Armand Derfner, William Jennings Bryan Dorn, E.M. DuBose, Phil P. Leventis, David F. McInnis, Eugene A.R. Montgomery, James M. Morris, Richard Nixon, Mark Reynolds, Luns C. Richardson, Dick Riley, M. Priscilla Shaw, Nancy Stevenson, and Strom Thurmond; organizations, institutions and agencies represented: Sumter County Public Awareness Association, Sumter Branch of the NAACP, South Carolina Democratic Party, Morris College, and Sumter School District 17.

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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