African American educators

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Two news articles and an obituary from the Spartanburg Herald-Journal on Rudolph Perrin Dawkins.

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An article from The Hometown News and the Spartanburg Herald-Journal on Tyrone Gilmore.

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Three news articles from the Spartanburg Herald-Journal. One of the articles is on Henderson’s death and the other articles are written by Henderson about Carver High School and the city of Spartanburg’s growth.

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Eight newspaper articles from the Spartanburg Herald-Journal on James E. Talley.

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One newspaper article about Dewey Tullis and one newspaper article written by Dewey Tullis about Carver High School.

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A collection of articles, newspaper clippings, and genealogical resources regarding Mary H. Wright.

Content Description The Summers family was an African-American family that grew up in Orangeburg, SC. The Rev. James A. and Rebecca Summers had Leona, James, Lucille, and Margaret. James Jr. was a solider stationed at Camp Croft during World War II and Lucille was a teacher in Spartanburg in the 40s. Leona was a teacher at Cummings Street School and Carver High School for many years. This collection consists of three letters written to Leona. There is one identified photograph of Lucille and one of James Jr.....