Newman, Isaiah DeQuincey

Newman, Isaiah DeQuincey

April 17, 1911–October 21, 1985

Isaiah DeQuincey Newman Papers, 1929-2003

Source: University of South Carolina Libraries, South Carolina Political Collections

The Newman papers consist of two-and-a-half feet of correspondence, speeches, sermons, photographs and other records. Topical files include material on Newman's work with the NAACP, with the Methodist Church, and in rural development.

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  • Title Newman, Isaiah DeQuincey
  • Coverage April 17, 1911–October 21, 1985
  • Author
  • Keywords Clergyman, civil rights leader, thought of himself primarily as a minister, member of the UMC Merger Committee, assumed a key position in the emerging civil rights movement when he helped organize the Orangeburg branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), became the first African American since 1887 to serve in the state senate
  • Website Name South Carolina Encyclopedia
  • Publisher University of South Carolina, Institute for Southern Studies
  • URL
  • Access Date December 22, 2024
  • Original Published Date
  • Date of Last Update August 16, 2022

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