- Collection:
- James T. McCain papers, 1957-1972
- Title:
- Report from James T. McCain to Shirley, Marvin and Ronnie, June 30, 1969
- Creator:
- McCain, James T.
- Publisher:
- Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library
- Date of Original:
- 1969-06-31
- Subject:
- Scholarship, Education and Defense Fund for Racial Equality
African Americans--Suffrage
African Americans--Suffrage--Southern States
African Americans--Politics and government--20th century
Voter registration--Southern States - People:
- McCain, James T.
- Location:
- United States, South Carolina, Sumter County, 33.91617, -80.38232
- Medium:
- documents (object genre)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- A report on South Carolina from James T. McCain to Shirley, Ronnie and Marvin for June 1969. He begins by recounting the election on June 17, 1969 for two new members to the city school board of education for Sumter, SC. Their were three candidates, one of whom was black, James Solomon, acting Deam of Morris College). Unfortunately, Solomon lost by 550 votes. He did not apply early enough for the rest of them to organize enough support for him in the days ahead of the election. He includes two lists of achievements the Williamsburg Voters League has been able to accomplish in the last three years with the help of black voters. Ending with a list of names and address for people who participated in their workshops.
- Metadata URL:
- http://cdm17173.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17173coll35/id/3647
- IIIF manifest:
- http://cdm17173.contentdm.oclc.org/iiif/2/p17173coll35:3647/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright Not Evaluated. For further information please contact South Caroliniana Library, Columbia, SC 29208.
- Extent:
- 1 item
8 pages - Original Collection:
- James T. McCain Papers, 1957-1972
James T. McCain Papers, Box 01, Folder 27, South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina - Contributing Institution:
- University of South Carolina. Libraries
South Caroliniana Library - Rights:
-
Report from James T. McCain to Shirley, Marvin and Ronnie, June 30, 1969
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