Correspondence from Louise C. Tappes and Margaret C. Ashworth, co-chairpersons for the National Committee for the Rosa L. Parks Shrine, regarding a testimonial dinner for Rosa Parks.
NAACP memorandum from Benjamin L. Hooks to NAACP Branches, Youth Councils, College Chapters, State Conference Presidents regarding the 1989 Annual Convention, Detroit, Michigan.
"Gianni Leonardi, Daniel ""Danny"" McCann, and Adam Tracey speak about their experiences as Irish immigrants in the United States. Gianni and Danny are the owners of two Irish pubs in the Charleston area while Adam works at a pub on Johns Island. Gianni hails from the rural, Irish-speaking parish of Gweedore, in County Donegal. He first came to the United States in 2009 as part of a sponsorship by a pub in Michigan through his university in Ireland. He wanted to come to the U.S. for the opportunity to make a living in the hospitality industry and relocated to Charleston from Ann Arbor to open an Irish pub. He speaks of the vast difference between his rural upbringing and his life in a more suburban/urban environment. He makes a point to discuss the authenticity of Irish hospitality, and how, in owning and operating a pub, he tries to further that sense of genuine Irish warmth. Danny is from Lurgan, County Armagh. He came to the U.S. in 1998, to Detroit, to work in the same pub that later sponsored Gianni. Having grown up in Northern Ireland, he has the most firsthand experience of the Irish Troubles. He speaks briefly about Irish politics and witnessing some of the violence in the North in the 1990s. Adam comes from County Offlay, outside of Tullamore. Before working in hospitality, he had worked in construction in Yonkers, New York. Though he has little firsthand experience with the Troubles, he tells the story of a grand-uncle who was killed young by a bombing in the North. All three speak to their experience within the small community of Irish immigrants in Charleston, and how the community works to bring newly-arrived Irish immigrants together with those who are already established in Charleston. They agree that without the support of the Irish community, their experience in Charleston would have been very different."
Correspondence from Friends of Curtis Hayes Williams to "His Excellency" Dr. Samuel K. Doe, President of the Republic of Liberia, urging the Liberian Government to respect Williams' rights be respected.
All African Peoples Revolutionary Party position paper entitled, "Towards Building A Black United Front," sponsored by Congress of Afrikan People, Youth Organization for Black Unity, PanAfrikan Student Organization in the Americas, Black Workers Congress, and All African Peoples Revolutionary Party.
South Carolina Conference of Branches of the NAACP memorandum from Nelson B. Rivers, III, Executive Secretary, to all units regarding the final details on the 80th Annual National Convention from July 9 to 14, 1989 in Detroit, Michigan.
