William Bagwell papers, 1957-2006 (bulk, 1957-1965)

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William Bagwell papers, 1957-2006 (bulk, 1957-1965)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/76838996

Collection of correspondence, 1 Jan. 1957 - 1 Feb. 1960 and 8 Jan. 1975 , and pamphlets, ca. 1960s, re sit-ins, freedom rides, and other aspects of student activism during Civil Rights movement; also including records, 1957 - ca. 1959, of the Greenville (S.C.) Council on Human Relations; and bulletin from Dr. Bagwell's funeral, 30 Sept. 2006, in Due West, S.C., with a biographical sketch re his life of activism and career in education. Student essays include: Lunch Counter Sit-ins: A Challenge to America's Role in World Affairs (1960); fragment of larger essay: "Pressures for Change Increase, 1960-1965" (pages 39 through 57), including footnotes; organizations represented include the South Carolina Council on Human Relations (newsletters, 1957-1958); the Southern Regional Council, Inc.; the N.C. Chapter of AFL-CIO; American Friends Service Committee; Congress of Racial Equality; the Committee to Defend Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Struggle for Freedom in the South, and others. Places represented include Cheyney, Pennsylvania; High Point, North Carolina; Columbia and Greenville, S.C.; and elsewhere; correspondents include Kyle Haselden, Mrs. Alice N. Spearman Wright; Miss Laura Townes; South Carolina Council on Human Relations; and others; includes biographical sketch, "Diminished Fires: Quaker Activist Returns to Home Farm at Peace with his Ambitions, Limitations" (published 23 Nov. 1986, in the Anderson Independent-Mail newspaper), discussing his education, career, travels, and his three-year service during World War II as a medic, due to his status as a conscientious objector. Also includes ca. 35 pamphlets, books, and other publications [not written by WB], consisting of flyers, bulletins, newsletters and other materials documenting civil rights activism during 1960s. Most titles listed individually in catalog, and may be found using AUTHOR search for < William Bagwell collection >

1 box (0.25 linear ft.)

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 8178469

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Greenville County Council on Human Relations (S.C.)

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South Carolina Council on Human Relations

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Created, 1957, as affiliate of South Carolina Division of Southern Regional Council (formerly South Carolina Committee on Interracial Cooperation, founded 1919); independent organization from 1963; renamed South Carolina Council for Human Rights, 1973; dissolved, 1975; headquartered in Columbia, with local affiliates throughout the state, including student council for college students, established in 1960. From the description of Records, 1934-1976. (University of South Carolina). Wo...

Bagwell, William, 1923-

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Epithet: Merchant, Prisoner in the Fleet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000677.0x000069 Writer, educator, and human rights advocate; native of Donalds (Abbeville County, S.C.); professor for 17 years at Cheyney State Teachers College [known since 1983 as Cheyney University of Pennsylvania], an historically black college founded in 1837 by Quakers / Society of Friends; graduate of Furman University, with gradua...

Haselden, Kyle

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Wright, Marion A. (Marion Allan), 1894-1983

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South Carolina attorney who practiced law in Conway, S.C. and elsewhere; native of Marion; retired to Linville Falls, N.C., ca. 1950; died 1983; Wright was an advocate of public libraries as a tool to improve literacy during the 1930s and 1940s. From the description of Marion A. Wright papers, 1936-1982. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 30679833 Marion Allan Wright (1894-1983) of South Carolina was an attorney, author, member of the board of directors of t...

Wright, Alice Norwood Spearman, 1902-1989

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Townes, Laura

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