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- Subject is exactly "African Americans--Segregation--South Carolina--History--20th Century"
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Oral History of Richard Polite, interviewed by Kieran Walsh Taylor, 10 April, 2009
Richard Polite was born in Charleston in 1951 and raised on Strawberry Lane before his family moved to Cannon St. near President St. After attending Burke High School, where he played football, Polite served in the U.S. Army and served one tour in…
Oral History of Nora Hoffman-Davis, interviewed by Clarissa Wright, 16 August, 2011
Norma Hoffman-Davis (1940) was born and lived in Charleston until she left for college in 1957. Hoffman's parents were Ellen Wiley, a school teacher, and Joseph Irvin Hoffman a prominent African American physician who practiced in Charleston until he…
Oral History of Marlene O'Bryant-Seabrook, interviewed by Kieran Walsh Taylor and Joshua Dandridge, 26 September, 2013
Born in Newberry, South Carolina on August 21, 1933, Marlene O'Bryant-Seabrook calls herself "an educator who quilts". In 1975, Seabrook became the first African American and second women to join The Citadel as full time faculty and in 2009 she was…
Oral History of Janie Campbell, interviewed by Kieran Walsh Taylor, 24 April, 2009
Janie Campbell was born in Moffett near Edisto Island, South Carolina, and raised in New Jersey. There, she worked in a group home for youth with disabilities and served as Chief Shop Steward for the American Federation of State, County, and…
Oral History of Anthony Wright, interviewed by Lashika Palmer, 4 February, 2013
Anthony Wright, renowned locally as "Tony the Peanut Man" was born in Savannah, Georgia on December 12, 1952. He grew up in the segregated Maryville community with his mother and five siblings. He attended Wallace High School and following school…