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Biographical Papers |
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Brown's business and name cards including one as "Visiting Professor" at NorthCarolina A&T State University and membership with American Civil Liberties Union |
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Curriculum Vitae (2001, 02) |
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Personal planners/calendars (1991-93) re Brown's academic and social itinerary |
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Business letters (1984-2002) to Brown re political, professional, educational, and social involvements |
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Personal letters and cards (1987-2001,nd) to Brown from professional associates, students and family; including a handwritten note and graduation invitation (1999) from Dr. Henrie Monteith Tredwell, first African American woman to attend University of South Carolina (1963) |
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Typed drafts of Brown's essays, "The Dippity Doo Revolution: or Grown Folks Don't Have a Clue" (nd); at a family Labor Day cookout, the night before Brown will integrate Rivers High School, she worries how her Dippity Doo hair will survive the transition; "Black Colleges in the Year 2000" re Historically Black Colleges and Universities in North Carolina; and scattered handwritten notes (1990-97, nd) |
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Transcript of interview with Brown by Jennifer Cohen for class paper, "Equality in Education" (ca. 1990). Interview focuses on the impact of the Brown versus Topeka Board of Education decision thirty years later. Brown discusses "being used as a desegregation guinea pig," in the Millicent Brown versus Charleston County School District #20 in 1963; her father J. Arthur Brown, president of the Charleston chapter NAACP; Brown's lawyer, and Constance Baker Motley, the first black female US federal judge |
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Paper certificates and awards of merit (1989-97, nd) |
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Original and photocopy of newspaper article (1999) re detailing Brown's civil rights involvement in the 50s and 60s; integrating Rivers High School, Charleston; and the essay, "The Dippity Doo Revolution" or "Grown Folks Don't Have a Clue." |
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Photocopy of newspaper articles (1990s) re Brown's sister Minerva King re: Charleston sit-in at Kress, and "The Griot," re 1960's civil rights activities |
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Affiliations: Institutions and Organizations |
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Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Christmas debutante program (1966) presented by the Columbia Alumnae Chapter |
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Scattered programs, pamphlets (1989, 1996, nd) and photocopies of newspaper clippings (nd) re Avery Research Center with Brown as Director of Exhibits and Museum Education |
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Scattered newspaper clippings (1949 1955, 1990), agenda (1990) re Charleston branch of the NAACP, general membership meeting; and form letter |
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Letter, newsletters, flyers, pamphlets, and magazines (1998-2000) re National Coalition of Blacks for Reparation in America |
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Scattered letters, newsletters, and flyers (1995-97, nd) re Brown's involvement in political, social, and women organizations including American Civil Liberties of North Carolina, and National Organization of Women |
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Affiliations: Schools and Colleges |
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Graduate school guidelines, research application and pamphlets (1986-87) re: Howard University where Brown briefly attended graduate school |
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Materials (1999-2002) re Brown's tenure as History professor at Guilford College includes correspondence; catalog (1999-2000); faculty resume; syllabus for Brown's class, reading course pack, programs in which she participated; student papers, newspaper clippings, flyers, handwritten notes, and campus newsletters; The Student Activist (2002) with interview with Brown re African American history and activism |
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Materials (2001-02) re Brown's tenure as "Visiting Professor" at North Carolina A&T State University. Includes newspaper The Register (2001) interview re: being a chief plaintiff in the Brown v. School District #20 case; program "Celebrating the 42nd Anniversary of the "Sit-In Movement" (2002); published journal, Global Studies, re research on 20th century and world history |
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Materials (2002-03) re Brown's tenure as history professor at The Governor's School at the College of Charleston. Includes syllabus for her classes, "20th and 21st Century Woman Activists of the World;" teacher and student evaluations; correspondence and memoranda; programs; 2003 planning calendar; scholarly essays by others and handwritten notes |
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Student papers, drafts and note cards, typed and handwritten by Brown (1963-69, 1991-92, nd) |
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Scholarly essays (1989-91, nd). Includes writings on U.S. history to 1877; Southern history18th-20th centuries; reviews of history books; civil rights in the South and Charleston |
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Affiliations: Schools and Colleges - Bennett College |
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History and general information (1995-99) of Bennett College, Greensboro, NC, where Brown held a teaching position as a History professor. Includes "Calendar of Events" (1995-96) noting Brown's first year as professor; newsletters; catalogs; "Faculty Factbook" (1998-99); and published essay (nd), "Dr. Willa B. Player, President" |
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Newsletters (1997-2000); re "This Week at BC;" The Bennett Banner (newspaper); "The Bennett Connection" and "Big Belle Rings Ting*A* Ling" |
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Letters, memorandums, invitations and cards (1995-2000, nd) Includes typed typed copy (unsigned) of Faculty Contract (1999); typed draft of Bennett Scholars Annual Report (1998-99) submitted by Brown |
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Newspaper clippings (1998-2000) re Bennett College. Includes booklet "Bennett College: In the News," (1999-2000) |
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Memoranda, letters and drafts of essays, photocopies of newspaper clippings, (1999-2000) re student grievances and administration problems at Bennett. Includes a typed draft by Brown and other faculty and staff as a letter to the editor, (2000). Also includes extensive newspaper coverage re allegations against Dr. Gloria R. Scott, President of the College, leading to her resignation (2000) |
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Scattered photocopies of travel request, flyers and syllabus re class taught by rown (1996-99, nd); Bennett's History Department classes, conference, and activities |
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Scattered programs and flyers (1998-2000) re misc. conferences and activities at Bennett |
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Correspondence, memorandums, proposals, grant application and reports (1997-99) re the Agora Project , directed by Brown, a grant funded cooperative program re the southern civil rights movement |
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Correspondence, memorandums, handwritten notes, agendas, newsletters and newspaper clippings (1997-99) re programs sponsored by the Woman's Leadership Institute at Bennett, with information on program, "The Civil Rights Movement and Greensboro's Role" (1998); "Commemorating the February 11 visit of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to Bennett College," (1999); The Bennett College Social Justice Lecture Series, Volume 1 (1998); and conference materials from Women in World Community Development (WorldWID) Fellows program (1999) |
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Correspondence, handwritten notes, flyers, conference materials, newspaper clippings materials (1998-99, nd) re T eens L eed '99 program in which Brown served as a Faculty Program Coordinator |
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Scattered correspondence (1990-99, nd) re student requests for recommendations; vitae from fellow professors Affiliations: Schools and Colleges - Rivers High School |
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Photocopy of The New York Times article (1963) re school integration, featuring a photo of Brown speaking with fellow classmates. |
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High school yearbooks (1964-66) |
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Diplomas, high school graduation invitation (1966); school songs and tassel with "Bears" pin for mortar board Affiliations: Schools and Colleges - Florida State University |
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Steno pads and notes taken as a PhD graduate student (1991-98). |
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Spiral notebook, (1991-92) with typed correspondence; exam booklet and handwritten notes |
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Spiral notebook (1992) with handwritten notes and exam questions |
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Regulations booklet for graduate work in History Department; handwritten notes; directory of classes (1993); unofficial transcripts; newsletters and flyers. |
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Correspondence (1997-88) re Florida State University dissertation funding from United Negro College Fund/Andrew W. Mellon Programs |
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Documents re Brown's dissertation research; typed draft of abstract; interview with |
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Writings by Brown |
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Photocopy of paper given at Citadel Conference on Civil Rights Movement in South Carolina, titled "Wishin', Hopin, Prayin' and Votin': Black Charleston's Efforts to Merge Politics and Race, 1940-1970," re political friction and psychological challenges in struggle for social change and equal rights |
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Audio-Visual Materials |
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Color and black and white photographs (1990-96, nd), including image of Brown with historian, Peter Wood, at the SC Historical Society, Charleston (1990); group photo of participants of the Gallup Leadership Institute conference (1996); other unidentified photographs |
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35 mm film strips with audio cassette tapes (1988) Black Heroes, "Teachers and Preachers; Cowboys and Other Heroes; Fighters for Freedom; and Builders and Dreamers in which Brown was the Visual Researcher |
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Teacher's manual for Black Heroes (1988) |
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Miscellaneous |
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Plexiglas star award (nd) re Gallup Leadership Institute: People's Choice Award, Brown named as "Vision Leader" |
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Scattered programs, newspaper clippings and flyers (1990-2001, nd) re conferences and seminars related to African American civil rights and political concerns |
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Correspondence, photocopies of newspaper clippings; speeches by (1982-98) re Hon. Reginald E. Gilliam Jr., co-founder of the Harvard Black Law School Association |
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Brochures and pamphlets (nd) re archival repositories in Charleston, SC and Washington, DC |
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Scattered printed programs, brochures and flyer (1999-2002, nd) re museum exhibits, and lectures |
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Programs, brochures and flyers (2002) re museums and historic sites in Alexandria, VA |
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Catalogs, brochures, programs and flyers (2002) re various museums of the of the Smithsonian and cultural programs in Washington, D.C. |
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Scattered catalogs, programs, brochures and flyer (1988-93, nd) re museums and cultural institutions in South Carolina |
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Scattered ephemera (nd) collected by Brown; stationary (soiled) from The Kinte Library Project, San Francisco, CA, directed by Alex Haley; Golden Legacy Illustrated History Magazine: The Saga of Toussaint L'Ouverture and the Birth of Haiti (nd); tickets stubs from plays |
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Newspaper clippings and photocopies of magazine articles (1993-99) |
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Magazines and newsletters re African American life (1998-2002) |
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