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John Bolt Culbertson Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU-SCPC-JBC
Abstract
John Bolt Culbertson, lawyer and activist, was a "liberal lion" of South Carolina's Upstate for most of the twentieth century, establishing a law practice in which he represented unions, the working class, disabled veterans, African-Americans, and others in need of a voice—many of whom could not afford to pay him. His outspokenness and his political leanings, atypical for South Carolina at that time, resulted in financial setbacks, insults, and even crosses burned on his lawn, but Culbertson...
Dates:
circa 1886 - 2012
Found in:
South Carolina Political Collections
Isadore E. Lourie Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU-SCPC-IEL
Abstract
Isadore Edward Lourie served in the South Carolina General Assembly from 1965 until his retirement in 1993 and gained a reputation as the champion of the common man and woman. Lourie was first elected to the South Carolina House with the slogan, "The Man Who Will Stand Up For You." In 1972, he won election to the state Senate. In 1995, Governor David Beasley appointed Lourie to the twenty-two-member South Carolina Commission on Racial Relations.
Dates:
1961-2013; Majority of material found within 1961 - 1994
Found in:
South Carolina Political Collections
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