Eugene Avery Adams papers, 1892-1968
Eugene Avery Adams (1886-1958) was a minister in the African American Episcopal Church and a leader in the fields of education, civil rights, and business.
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Creator
Adams, E. A. (Eugene Avery), 1886-1968
Date of Original
1892/1968
Subject
Adams family
African American Methodists--History
African American universities and colleges--South Carolina--Columbia
African Americans--Education (Higher)
African Americans--South Carolina--Columbia
African Methodist Episcopal Church--South Carolina--Clergy
Allen University--Records and correspondence
Columbia (S.C.)--Social conditions
Good Samaritan Waverly Hospital (Columbia, S.C.)
South Carolina--Social conditions
Victory Savings Bank (Columbia, S.C.)
People
Adams, E. A. (Eugene Avery), 1886-1968--Correspondence
Location
United States, South Carolina, 34.00043, -81.00009
Medium
diaries
personal papers
Type
StillImage, Text
Description
Eugene Avery Adams (1886-1958) was a minister in the African American Episcopal Church and a leader in the fields of education, civil rights, and business. He was a founder of Bell Street High School in Columbia and a trustee of Allen University. He also helped start the South Carolina Citizens Committee, a state-wide organization that advocated for voting rights and equal teacher pay. Furthermore, he served as president of the Columbia branch of the NAACP. With respect business, he was one of the founders of Victory Savings Bank., Adams was born in Cokesbury, S.C. and graduated from Johnson C. Smith University (Charlotte, N.C.) and Payne Theological Seminary of Wilberforce University (Ohio). He was the husband of Charity Nash Adams. They had four children, including daughter Charity Edna Early, who attained rank of Lieutenant in the WACS during World War II; Eugene A. Adams, Jr., who worked for the U.S. State Dept.; Lucy Rose Adams, Ph.D., who served as head of the Business Dept. at Florida A & M University; and AME Bishop John Hurst Adams, who has been a national leader in the fields of education, civil rights, and community development.
Language
eng
Contributing Institution
South Caroliniana Library
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