William Peebles Baskin papers, 1947-1952.

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William Peebles Baskin papers, 1947-1952.

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Scrapbook, 1947-1952, re the 1948 presidential campaign, Strom Thurmond, and the Dixiecrats; and volume, 1948, consisting of transcript of Baskin's testimony in U.S. District Court in Charleston, S.C., re voting rights for African Americans in the S.C. Democratic campaign. Newspaper articles reflecting Baskin's activities as Chairman of the S.C. Democratic Party, and state and national politics, collected in scrapbook, 1947-1952, documenting S.C. coverage of: the Dixiecrat rebellion; the States' Rights Democratic Party; the 1948 presidential campaign; articles on political activities of James F. Byrnes, Edgar A. Brown, Strom Thurmond, and others; and civil rights issues: "Negro Voting in S.C.," [large oversize volume restricted, use microfilm, R.183]. Transcript of testimony, 16 July 1948 (typescript volume), "Civil Action No. 1964," recorded in U.S. District Court, Eastern Division of S.C., in the case of "David Brown, on behalf of himself and others similarly situated, Plaintiff, versus, W.P. Baskin, et al, Defendants"; Hon. J. Waties Waring presiding, in litigation re right of African American voters to enroll in the Democratic Party of S.C.; plaintiff, David Brown, an African American resident of Beaufort County, S.C., and a member of the Progressive Democratic Party, brought suit with the legal team of Thurgood Marshall and Harold Boulware. Includes table of contents.

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James Strom Thurmond Sr. (December 5, 1902 – June 26, 2003) was an American military officer and politician who served for 48 years as a United States Senator from South Carolina. He ran for president in 1948 as the Dixiecrat candidate on a States' rights platform supporting racial segregation. He received 2.4% of the popular vote and 39 electoral votes, failing to defeat Harry Truman. Thurmond represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 until 2003, at first as a Southern De...

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Judge. From the description of Reminiscences of Julius Waties Waring : oral history, 1957. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309728157 Federal judge, lawyer, and civil rights advocate; of Charleston, S.C. From the description of Letter, 1921 May 24, Charleston, S.C., to Julian Mitchell, Charleston, S.C. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 54862038 From the description of Letter, 1935 Apr. 27, Charleston, S...

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Progressive Democratic Party.

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Brown, Edgar A. (Edgar Allan), 1888-1975

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