South Carolina Council on Human Relations published pamphlet regarding public welfare in South Carolina intended for citizens in need of assistance, containing information on applying, investigation, decisions on applications, how to appeal, other facts, and eligibility requirements.
United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, Charleston Division, court document regarding Millicent F. Brown, et al., (Plaintiff) versus School District No. 20, Charleston County, et al., (Defendants).
South Carolina Conference of Branches of the NAACP memorandum from Dr. W. F. Gibson and Nelson B. Rivers, III to Concerned Citizens regarding the Voter Registration Workshop.
NAACP statement written by Bill Gibson, Chairman, National Board of Directors of the NAACP and President of the South Carolina State NAACP, to friends of the NAACP regarding "'A Call' for a conference to address what is described as 'The Negro Problem.'"
NAACP press release entitled, "NAACP National Leader Sees 'New Civil Rights Movement' in Conway, South Carolina Reminiscent of 1950's Movement in Montgomery, Alabama."
United Way of Greenville County memorandum from Mack D. Hixon, Executive Director, to agencies receiving designations in the 1980 United Way Campaign regarding a designation report.
Emily Anne Boyter (pronouns: She/Hers) discusses her life as the daughter of missionaries, her religious upbringing and experiences with religion, coming out as a lesbian, reconciling “Christianity and queerness,” and many positive new experiences opening to her. She describes being born in Greenville, South Carolina, and being raised in Mexico City where her parents worked as Evangelical Christian missionaries, spending brief periods in the states. She left Mexico and attended college at, and graduated from, Liberty University, a private evangelical Christian university in Lynchburg, Virginia. There, the strongly insular quality she experienced in the missionary world, continued, and many felt a great loyalty to the school and its President, Jerry Falwell, Jr. Identifying as straight during her time there, she nevertheless was aware of a “strong culture of homophobia at Liberty,” where close friendships could lead to questions about one’s sexuality and where being gay could lead to expulsion. In graduate school at Clemson University, Boyter began to meet, and form friendships with LGBTQ people, feeling on “friendly ground” for the first time in her life, among people who were unbothered by another’s sexual orientation or identity. Being in this open and accepting environment, Boyter began to come to terms with being “queer,” a word she embraces for its inclusiveness. Coming out in her religious community at Clemson was not a positive experience, so she eventually left her church. In the interview, she wonders if others would see her as a “Christian” at all, she having now found comfort in a feminine spirituality versus the strong paternalistic nature of many churches and religions. She recalls how many men in her religious milieu would weigh her (and other women’s) characteristics and traits, to determine if they would make good wives of ministers. After coming out to her family and on social media, finding support from some, but dismay and rejection from others, including a man who had been viewing her as a possible wife, Boyter is now in a committed relationship with another woman and they are considering marriage. Despite the difficulties faced by LGBTQ people in the upstate region where they live, Boyter, a resident of Easley, and her girlfriend feel rooted in the area, yet she expresses some misgivings at the possibility of raising children there. Her work at the Tri-County Technical College is rewarding; being “out,” she can serve as a mentor and a role model for LGBTQ students and others.
NAACP statement written by Dr. William F. Gibson, Chairman of the National Board of Directors for the NAACP, President of the South Carolina State NAACP, regarding Judge Robert Bork.
