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African American churches -- South Carolina -- Charleston

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Bobbie Auld audio collection

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1212
Abstract The Bobbie Auld audio collection, bulk: 1981-1998 (1955-2015), contains 128 audiocassettes and 1 CD containing audio recordings of church services, church choirs, and musical groups held and performed throughout the South Carolina Lowcountry (mainly Charleston and Berkeley Counties). Within the audio recordings of church services and events, African Methodist Episcopal (AME) churches are the majority, but other denominations including Baptist, Reformed Episcopal, and Presbyterian churches...
Dates: 1955-2001; Majority of material found within 1981-1998

Julia Alston Gourdine papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1130
Abstract Julia Waites Alston Gourdine (1923-2009), an African-American elementary school educator who worked in the Charleston County School District for thirty-five years. Alston Gourdine was also an integral Senior Trustee Board member of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church in Charleston, South Carolina. She married Robert H. Gourdine, Jr. in 1944, and they had one son, Robert H. Gourdine, III.The collection contains documents and photographs relating to Gourdine's...
Dates: 1880-2002; Majority of material found within 1950-1996