Word: charlestonians
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Negroes turned out of the Jenkins Orphanage at 14, he claims that less than ten have ended up in jail. Grizzled, black-garbed and oiling at 74, Daniel Jenkins is Charleston's No. 1 Negro citizen, prosperous enough to have been touched for a loan by a white Charlestonian stranded in London in the early days of the World War. The fame & fortune of the Jenkins Orphanage, however, did not come from piety alone. Taking a leaf from Booker T. Washington, who successfully raised money through his Tuskegee Singers. Daniel Jenkins began early to exploit small Negroes playing band music...