Civil rights -- United States
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Charleston, West Virginia Branch Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4158
Overview
Typescript records of the Charleston, West Virginia branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), which was founded in the summer of 1918 and first led by Mordecai Johnson, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Charleston. During the years covered by these records, attorney T. Gillis Nutter served as president. The bound volume includes primarily typed minutes for regular monthly meetings, executive committee meetings, and branch meetings, generally in...
Dates:
1922-1936
Regina Charon, Lawyer, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4573
Scope and Contents
The collection includes biographies about Regina Charon's life and life's work as a lawyer, focusing on civil rights; papers regarding the 1977-1978 Council for Women's Concerns, the Regina Charon Zealous Advocate Award, and fellowships; and photocopies of various issues of the West Virginia University College of Law newsletter from 1975. The collection also includes photographs of Regina Charon's life from childhood through adulthood.
Dates:
1947-2016