Progressive Club, The - Charleston, SC
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member hummerstation
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
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
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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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