Mack Cartier Workman Papers - Accession 1833 M860 (918)

Abstract

The Mack Cartier Workman Papers consist of a small group of personal and professional materials documenting the life and legacy of Mack Cartier Workman (1942–2024), a civil rights activist, U.S. Army veteran, and youth counselor from Rock Hill. The collection includes a Friendship Junior College diploma (1962), a job application/resume for a youth counselor position, a 1985 memorandum referencing his professional work, and a 2024 funeral program containing his obituary. The materials reflect Workman’s educational background, career, and enduring legacy. His diploma documents his completion of an Associate of Arts degree from Friendship Junior College, while the job application and memorandum provide insight into his work in youth counseling. The funeral program offers a retrospective account of his life and contributions. Workman was a member of the Friendship Nine sit-in, a group of African American students who staged a sit-in at a segregated lunch counter in downtown Rock Hill on January 31, 1961. Their adoption of the “Jail, No Bail” strategy drew national attention and influenced broader civil rights protest tactics. A graduate of Emmett Scott High School (1960) and Friendship Junior College (1962), Workman later served in the U.S. Army from 1966 to 1968 during the Vietnam War. He spent much of his professional life in the Bronx, New York, working as a youth counselor in juvenile detention centers and group homes. Together, these materials provide concise documentation of Workman’s education, career, and role in the Civil Rights Movement, with additional biographical detail available in the obituary included in the funeral program.https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/2892/thumbnail.jp