Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1926 March 11 - 1990 April 17
Occupations
Places
- Linden (Ala.) (Place of Birth)
- Atlanta (Ga.) (Place of Death)
- United States (Associated Country)
Languages Used
- English
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Steve Estes papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1055
Abstract
The collection consists of primary and secondary sources used by Steve Estes to write his master’s thesis drawing comparison from the Memphis sanitation workers’ strike of 1968 and Charleston Hospital workers’ strike of 1969. Estes interviewed people who were closely associated with these movements and also consists of an analysis of newspaper clippings that capture these movements.
Dates:
1967-1996
Eugene B. Sloan Civil Rights collection
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1210
Abstract
Eugene Blakely Sloan (1922-1969) was born in Clinton, South Carolina on February 22, 1922 to Janie Pressley Lindsay and Eugene Blakely Sloan. He attended Erskine College where he majored in history and served in the United State Army during World War II. Sloan was a writer, editor, photographer and award-winning journalist for The State newspaper and notable for his coverage of key moments of the civil rights era in South Carolina. His most renouned recording...
Dates:
1952-2019; Majority of material found within 1967-1970