Progressive Club, The - Charleston, SC
N 32° 40.622 W 080° 02.417
17S E 589979 N 3615890
The Progressive Club was founded in 1948 by civil rights activist Esau Jenkins (1910-1972).
Waymark Code: WMRN56
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 07/11/2016
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From the SC Historical Marker:
The Progressive Club, built in 1962-63, was a store and community center for Johns Island and other Sea Islands until it was badly damaged by Hurricane Hugo in 1989. The club had been founded in 1948 by civil rights activist Esau Jenkins (1910-1972), who worked to improve educational, political, economic, and other opportunities for blacks on the island and in the lowcountry.
Jenkins, Septima Clark (1898-1987), and Bernice Robinson (1914-1994) founded the first Citizenship School in 1957 to encourage literacy and voter registration. Its success led to many similar schools across the South, called “the base on which the whole civil rights movement was built.”
County / Borough / Parish: Charleston County
Year listed: 2007
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Person, Event
Periods of significance: 1950-1974
Historic function: Commerce/Trade, Education, Social
Current function: Vacant/Not In Use (In riuns after Hurricane Hugo in 1989)
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Street address: Not listed
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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