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.
Correspondence from Gwendolyn Williams, wife of Curtis Hayes Williams, to George Crockett, House of Foreign Affairs, regarding the detention of her husband in Liberia.
Photocopy of correspondence from Gwendolyn Williams, wife of Curtis Hayes Williams, to Andrew Young, Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, regarding Curtis Hayes Williams' detention in Liberia.
Document entitled, "Fact Sheet on the Arrest of Curtis Hayes Williams," providing an in-depth description and context for Williams' arrest and subsequent incarceration.
Document entitled, "Curtis Hayes Williams and the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement," written by Robert Moses, containing a short biography of Curtis Hayes Williams and information on the Freedom Riders and the Civil Rights Movement. Additionally, the document contains a correspondence template to the BTC Stockade in Monrovia, Liberia, West Africa, where Williams was detained.
Six coins, three made of brass and three of nickel. The face side of each brass coin reads "Two cents; 1937" and the face side of each nickel coin reads "Two cents; 1941." Each face side depicts a palm tree, and each obverse reads "Republic of Liberia," depicting an elephant.
In this interview, Rovena Owens relates the story of her family on Sullivan’s Island beginning with Vincent Peter, whose father was a slave trader. According to Owen’s family tradition, one of the captured African women became both Vincent’s slave and his wife. They arrived on Sullivan’s Island around 1812-13. Owens then traces her family history through succeeding generations, many of whom were free people of color, including Louis Peters, her second great-grandfather, her great-grandmother, Mary Elizabeth Pezant, and grandmother, Margaret Etta Pezant, who married Alan Perry Jones. Their daughter, Rovena Agnes Jones, married Walter Hazel, a member of the prominent Manigault family of Charleston. Walter was “kicked out” of his family for marrying a woman of color. Rovena Agnes Jones and Walter Hazel were then the parents of Rovena Owens. While discussing her roots on Sullivan’s Island, Owens discusses the topic of racially mixed families and their general acceptance on the island. Owens contrasted this sentiment with the attitudes of those who came from other parts of the country, such as the Fort Moultrie soldiers. Owens recalls island life as “paradise” where black and white children enjoyed playing, boating, and crabbing. Sundays were always popular times for the family on the island. Her grandmother had a pot of okra soup ready for whoever appeared. Some of Owens’ fondest memories were those Sundays with the ladies in the kitchen and the men out working on some kind of “project.” Owens also discusses the efforts made on the island to preserve its historic cemeteries. She also relates her family’s struggles with major storms such Hurricane Hugo. Through all of the storms, the Owens family homestead at Station 23 and Myrtle Avenue on the marsh side of the island, locally known as the “back beach”, remains intact. To Owens, Sullivan’s Island is “home,” where she’s comfortable.
Knife contained in a leather sheath. There is a braided strap with a button loop closure and several decorative styles with a fringe at the base. Origin Liberia.
Untitled acrylic painting by S.E. Walk of a seated African man holding a long stick in his right hand and wearing a bracelet with a tooth dangling from it on his left. Origin Liberia, but artist is not Liberian.
