Shadrack Morgan

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Shadrack Morgan
South Carolina House of Representatives

Shadrach Morgan, sometimes written Shadrack Morgan, was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives during the Reconstruction era. [1] [2] His grandson had the same name graduated from Howard University and became a Civil Rights lawyer in South Carolina. [3] The younger Shadrach also studied at South Carolina State University and helped register African Americans for selective service during World War II. [4]

References

  1. ↑ T&D, RICHARD REID, Special to The. "Orangeburg County's first black politicians". The Times and Democrat.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ Holt, Thomas Cleveland (December 9, 1977). Black Over White: Negro Political Leadership in South Carolina During Reconstruction. University of Illinois Press. ISBN   9780252007750 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ Burke, W. Lewis (July 1, 2017). All for Civil Rights: African American Lawyers in South Carolina, 1868–1968. University of Georgia Press. ISBN   9780820350998 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ Hine, William C. (16 April 2018). South Carolina State University: A Black Land-Grant College in Jim Crow America. ISBN   9781611178524.
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