240 10 3792 https://ldhi.library.cofc.edu/files/original/b42f18e74b83d79e46023b1e6daf2fdb.jpg 9d518a553e9a0560975506846581ad50 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource John Wrighten's letter as President of Junior NAACP Charleston Chapter to College of Charleston faculty, 1944, courtesy of the Avery Research Center. https://ldhi.library.cofc.edu/files/original/78b992095a44f28fb8e05b038fd08936.jpg 278140dc41de14bbe1263348e8795b2c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource John F. Potts, Avery principal 1945-1954, courtesy of the Avery Research Center. https://ldhi.library.cofc.edu/files/original/f9e2ed5be27d119213e457a9b8d6b05a.jpg 9866116aa3c8a59e0640572e56a6c90e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Samuel T. Washington, Avery principal 1944-1945, courtesy of the Avery Research Center. https://ldhi.library.cofc.edu/files/original/fbeebbc3a8832f89e2cf07e3af1290ea.jpg 4e463e8445bfe53888c00b34417bc7df Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource L. Howard Bennett, Avery principal 1942-1944, courtesy of the Avery Research Center. https://ldhi.library.cofc.edu/files/original/79a8313dc5bf08a8a00e4e7426ce7f24.jpg d9fd4d6e3d794b3ab1c83855387695e4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Diploma for Corinne Adelaide Scanlan from the Avery Normal Institute, 1917, courtesy of the Avery Research Center. https://ldhi.library.cofc.edu/files/original/128cd9f18d57e458d5887e512e661f32.jpg d5406d7c9bd3b0ffc2835b4f208eb4e4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Dart Hall, Charleston, South Carolina, 1929, courtesy of the Avery Research Center. In the 1920s, the original school building for the Charleston Industrial Institute became the Dart Hall Branch of the Charleston Free Library. This branch served as the first public library for Blacks in Charleston. https://ldhi.library.cofc.edu/files/original/7c0b727ab1aaa76ae6c7a7a352a9d599.jpg 5b793efe30c917a67adac0d081f0d6f6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource “Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois & Sight Seeing Party,” Charleston, South Carolina, 1917, courtesy of the Avery Research Center. W. E. B. Du Bois (center), Avery Principal Benjamin Cox (top row, fourth from left). Du Bois, a founding member and leader of the NAACP, visited Charleston in March 1917 to rally community support for the city's newly formed NAACP branch. Teddy Harleston and other founding members of the Charleston branch met with Du Bois during his visit. https://ldhi.library.cofc.edu/files/original/785f19524b213bce7c3301b1a34823af.jpg 7c06b8d30164c4240675a276ac215d68 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Black leaders in Charleston to South Carolina politicians requesting that they overturn the city ordinance preventing Black teachers from teaching in Charleston’s Black public schools, Charleston, South Carolina, 1919, courtesy of the Avery Research Center. https://ldhi.library.cofc.edu/files/original/e446c24492ea2a83df38cd4ac4e60042.jpg 60dbbebe6df8045844853b31d4e2e9ad Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lucille Turner McCottry's South Carolina General Elementary State Certificate for Teachers, 1907, courtesy of the Avery Research Center. https://ldhi.library.cofc.edu/files/original/c8a02cbb119b5fe9b59aa78e24658ca2.jpg e447fb3dc973d1e84a07c3808294adb0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lucille Turner McCottry, Avery Normal Institute graduate, Class of 1907, ca. 1907, courtesy of the Avery Research Center. McCottry is wearing a graduation dress she made with the help of her older sister. Prior to 1919, a citywide ordinance prevented Black teachers from working in Charleston's Black public schools. Avery graduates who pursued teaching before that time, such as McCottry and Septima Poinsette, had two options: apply for a position at private schools like Avery or find work teaching outside of the city.