Shadrack Morgan Explained

Office: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]

Notes and References

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

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