A. J. Clement papers, 1926-1986.

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A. J. Clement papers, 1926-1986.

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Consisting chiefly of letters, speeches, news clippings, reports, programs, photographs, and miscellaneous printed items; including N.C. Mutual Life materials, correspondence, company bulletins, minutes, position papers, and publications; his education at Charleston's Avery Institute and Johnson C. Smith University; files on Voorhees College document student unrest there in 1970. Other materials relate to S.C. Commission on Higher Education, The Citadel, Hampton Institute (Virginia), Howard University, Medical University of S.C., S.C. State College, Charles Towne Montessori School, and Porter-Gaud; files re politics document Clement's association with S.C. Progressive Democratic Party and John McCray; the NAACP, the Charleston branch of which Clement headed, 1948-1955; and the South Carolina Republican Party. Also including items re Clement's 1948 candidacy for Charleston County Council, his 1950 bid against L. Mendel Rivers as the first African-American in S.C. history to run for Congress as a Democrat, and his 1972 run for the state House of Representatives. Other files contain Clement's published letters and columns which appeared in the Charleston News & Courier and the Evening Post. Organizations with which Clement was associated and which are represented in the collection include Alpha Phi Alpha, Mutual Benevolent Society, Preservation Society of Charleston, Rotary International; S.C. Council on Human Relations, South Carolina Educational Television, Southern Regional Council, and Urban League.

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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