James T. McCain papers, 1957-1972.

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James T. McCain papers, 1957-1972.

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Letters, publications, appointment calendars and other papers (448 items) document McCain's involvement with local and national civil rights organizations; bulk of items evidence his interest in local issues such as illiteracy, integration of public schools, and low voter turnout in S.C.'s black communities; includes essays, keynote addresses re suffrage, "black power," etc.; many booklets, speeches, agendas, and other items document conferences around the U.S. which McCain attended. Includes list of expenses, Sept. 1961, incurred by freedom riders returning to Jackson, Miss., for arraignment; materials re Greenville, S.C., "Emancipation Day Pilgrimage" of 1 Jan. 1960, an event following a visit to S.C. by Jackie Robinson; and Grand Marie is Ours (1968), a booklet written and illustrated by John Zippert, re a cooperative venture for potato farmers in Lafayette, La., and founding of the Southern Cooperative Development Program. Appointment calendars and notebooks, 19 volumes, further document McCain's activism on behalf of various causes; stenographer's notebook, ca. 1968, discusses his visit with students at S.C. State College following the Orangeburg Massacre, Feb. 1968; series of illustrated day calendars designed by the War Resisters League, includes, "Days of Civil Disobedience" (1968), which includes photograph of dissident G.I.s participating in a pray-in for peace at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C. Several publications from collection listed in online catalog; enter AUTHOR search for "James T McCain papers."

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7594841

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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James T. McCain papers.

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McCain, James T.

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Native of Sumter County; served as field secretary for the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE); member of the Scholarship, Education, and Defense Fund for Racial Equality (SEDFRE), a New York-based organization whose goal was to train local black leaders to deal effectively with local problems; born 1905; died 2003. From the description of James T. McCain papers, 1957-1972. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 48472097 ...