- Collection:
- Isaiah DeQuincey Newman, (1911-1985), Papers, 1929-2003
- Title:
- Speech, On the origins and goals of the civil rights movement
- Creator:
- Newman, I. DeQuincey (Isaiah DeQuincey), 1911-1985
- Date of Original:
- 1929/2003
- Subject:
- 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 - People:
- Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
- Location:
- United States, South Carolina, Orangeburg County, 33.43899, -80.8003
United States, South Carolina, Orangeburg County, Orangeburg, 33.49182, -80.85565
United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434 - Type:
- Text
- 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."
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. - Local Identifier:
- pnhuuuu
- Metadata URL:
- https://digital.tcl.sc.edu/digital/collection/idn/id/2344
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digital.tcl.sc.edu/iiif/idn:2344/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Digital image copyright 2008, The University of South Carolina. All rights reserved. For more information contact South Carolina Political Collections, USC, Columbia, SC 29208.
- Extent:
- image/jpg
Manuscripts - Original Collection:
- Folder: Newman, Speeches, 1957-1984 & n.d., Isaiah DeQuincey Newman Papers, South Carolina Political Collections, The University of South Carolina Libraries
- Contributing Institution:
- University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections
- Rights:
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