Speech, On the origins and goals of the civil rights movement

Speech, On the origins and goals of the civil rights movement

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Creator:Newman, I. DeQuincey (Isaiah DeQuincey), 1911-1985
Title:Speech, On the origins and goals of the civil rights movement
Date:n.d., 2008
Description:

Two pages of a typewritten speech with handwritten notes. The speech refers to an incident of police brutality in Orangeburg, South Carolina, emphasizes that Southern African Americans are not content with the "indignities, inequalities and inconveniences" of segregation, and states agreement with President Dwight D. Eisenhower in establishing interracial committees for community negotiation. The speech includes a page of handwritten excerpts from the spiritual "Sit Down, Servant, Sit Down."

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Local identification number: pnhuuuu

Types:Text
Subjects:Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 | Speeches, addresses, etc. | Race relations | Orangeburg (S.C.)--Race relations | Southern States--Race relations | Police brutality--South Carolina--Orangeburg | Liberty | African Americans--Segregation--Southern States | Community organization--Southern States | Spirituals (Songs)--South Carolina | Southern States | South Carolina | Orangeburg (S.C.) | Orangeburg County (S.C.)
Collection:
Institution:University of South Carolina University Libraries Digital Collections
Contributors:South Carolina Political Collections | University of South Carolina. Library. Digital Collections | Isaiah DeQuincey Newman Collection (University of South Carolina. Library. Digital Collections
Online Publisher:Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Library Digital Collections | 2008
Original Material:

Folder: Newman, Speeches, 1957-1984 & n.d., Isaiah DeQuincey Newman Papers, South Carolina Political Collections, The University of South Carolina Libraries

Rights and Usage:

Digital image copyright 2008, The University of South Carolina. All rights reserved. For more information contact South Carolina Political Collections, USC, Columbia, SC 29208.

Related Materials:

Forms part of online collection: Isaiah De Quincey Newman (1911-1985) Papers, 1929-2003.

Persistent Link to Item:http://digital.tcl.sc.edu/u?/idn,2344