Search results
Politician, civil rights activist. Website. jameslfelder.com. James L. Felder (born April 4, 1939) was an American politician and civil rights activist who was one of the first three African Americans to serve in the South Carolina Legislature since the Reconstruction era.
James Felder is a South Carolina native who has dedicated his life to fighting for justice and social change. He was one of the first black men elected to the state legislature since Reconstruction and served as an assistant solicitor, a professor, and a NAACP leader.
James L Felder is an author and historian. Mr. Felder has written four books on historically significant figures and events such as the burial of John F Kennedy, Dr. Luns C. Richardson, civil rights in South Carolina and the AME Church.
Nov 17, 2013 · Sgt. James Felder, Sr. SUMTER, SC (WIS) - 1963 was a pivotal point in American History. The Civil Rights Movement had reached a feverish pitch with violent demonstrations, the assassination of...
Aug 28, 2023 · Updated: 11:07 PM EDT August 27, 2023. WASHINGTON — Sixty years after the March on Washington, James Felder, a local Civil Rights activist, revisited the Nation's capital to celebrate progress...
- 2 min
Nov 9, 2023 · COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) -Sixty years ago, in segregated Washington, DC more than 200,000 people gathered for the first and largest protest against racial inequality, the March on Washington. In the...
Dec 20, 2004 · He was the first black elected official in the state and that occurred in 1960 when he won a seat on the Beaufort County Board of Directors, which later became the Beaufort County Council. LeRoy Browne served on that board. He was the superintendent of buildings and grounds at Penn Center.
